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Re:World’s largest ever four day week trial in Iceland ‘over... by AnimalMuppet on Monday July 05, 2021 @12:51AM (#27734716)
Many of us work 40 hours in 5 days. There are 168 hours in a week. That's 24% of the week, not 71%.
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Re:World’s largest ever four day week trial in Iceland ‘over... by prawn on Monday July 05, 2021 @03:54AM (#27735559)
I assume they're excluding sleep, which isn't unreasonable in this discussion.
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Re:World’s largest ever four day week trial in Iceland ‘over... by AnimalMuppet on Monday July 05, 2021 @01:41PM (#27740158)
Still no. 8 hours of sleep a day leaves you 16 hours a day, so 112 hours a week. 40 hours is 36% of 112. And, yeah, you could throw in commute time and get a higher percentage. It still wouldn't get you 71%, though.

What skersten did is 5/7 = 71%, as if any day you work on is totally lost to you for any other purpose.

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