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Re:How a Four-Day Workweek Works, from the Companies Pulling... by jewayne on Friday September 29, 2023 @04:07PM (#37709477)
> When do you get anything personal done?

This is why my stomach drops when this discussion turns into "the whole organization should shut down for another day". That's what I need a day off for. To go to doctor's appointments. To watch a contractor when he's working in my home. To talk to the lawyer planning my estate. Those people need to be working for me to get the full value of my extra day off.

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Re:How a Four-Day Workweek Works, from the Companies Pulling... by zemvpferreira on Friday September 29, 2023 @04:24PM (#37709683)
We don't all need to shut down on the same day, and if we do, we'll schedule around it or use shift work. As you can plainly see, service work still gets done even with two days off in a week. Three won't make a difference.
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Re:How a Four-Day Workweek Works, from the Companies Pulling... by jewayne on Friday September 29, 2023 @04:36PM (#37709799)
That's my point. I think the vast majority of adults have some amount of personal business that already isn't getting done. Shortening the week is going to make it worse.
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