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Re:Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for governm... by WillyWonkaJr on Friday December 06, 2024 @01:45PM (#42342803)
100% -- We've been promised more free time due to AI. Probably better to cash in now before this promise is rescinded.
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Re:Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for governm... by MBCook on Friday December 06, 2024 @03:56PM (#42344346)
We were with mechanical automation too. And computers. And every other advance.

Things improve, jobs take less time to do, so they give us more. But it’s the same number of hours so pay doesn’t go up.

We all get screwed.

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Re:Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for governm... by insane_dreamer on Friday December 06, 2024 @09:55PM (#42346863)
But you and your company are now "family", so you can bask in the glow of generating more shareholder value "together"! Hurrah.
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