Many people in finance, sales and management feel their jobs are pointless

Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by andrepd on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:21PM (#36974788)

That is not the point. If you can produce 4x as much with 1/4th the labour, then at the very least those labourers can work much much less than they do now. 15 hour work weeks are feasible TODAY, let alone after further labour-saving tech that the future will bring us.

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Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by creato on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:49PM (#36975228)

We basically just did an experiment at society scale on exactly this with COVID unemployment. What about that experiment suggested it was a success?

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Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by OkayPhysicist on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:58PM (#36975401)

It suggested that locking people in solitary confinement, even in the relative luxury of their own homes, is a torture to be avoided. It had little to do with, for or against, the idea that maybe making up worthless jobs to keep people busy being a good idea.

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Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by pseudalopex on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @09:55PM (#36980425)

How was COVID unemployment an experiment in 15 hour work weeks?

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Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by andrepd on Thursday August 03, 2023 @04:11AM (#36982805)

There is absolutely no connection between UBI and unemployment checks during an unprecedented pandemic. I feel this should be obvious.

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Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by massysett on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:23PM (#36975812)

Sure, I don’t doubt that if we wound living standards back by 50 years, we all could work a lot less.

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