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Re:'It's better for humans in general': The 4-day workweek i... by card_zero on Friday May 31, 2024 @01:38AM (#40531844)
Yeah, that guy could be two guys, working four day weeks. I guess they'd overlap on Thursdays, but that's a detail.
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Re:'It's better for humans in general': The 4-day workweek i... by HDThoreaun on Friday May 31, 2024 @01:41AM (#40531856)
We're pretty much at full employment. Labor force could get a few percentages bigger but I dont see where all these new people will come from
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Re:'It's better for humans in general': The 4-day workweek i... by card_zero on Friday May 31, 2024 @01:47AM (#40531884)
How is that happening - is a lot of that already gig jobs, part time, and so on?

Edit: it's an increase in full-time workers, with less increase in part-time workers.

https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2017/08/a-glass-half-full-or...

I don't know if this covers everyone. Anyway you may be right, employers just want all the work from all the people, at the moment.

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Re:'It's better for humans in general': The 4-day workweek i... by machomaster on Friday May 31, 2024 @12:22PM (#40537036)
From BS jobs to more meaningful and useful (for society and other people) jobs.
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Re:'It's better for humans in general': The 4-day workweek i... by sumedh on Friday May 31, 2024 @07:48AM (#40533872)
> that guy could be two guys

Why would a capitalist business owner spend more money?

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Re:'It's better for humans in general': The 4-day workweek i... by melkor73 on Friday May 31, 2024 @10:24AM (#40535598)
Because there's a law that says he has to.
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