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Re:Sweden: The New Laboratory for a Six-Hour Work Day by cgh on Monday April 28, 2014 @05:45PM (#7663316)
Yes, I'm with you. I would also value a larger block of days off each week as there's more potential for trips etc.

A six hour workday would be 30 hours a week. Imagine that as three ten hour days instead. Wow, that would be fantastic.

Re:Sweden: The New Laboratory for a Six-Hour Work Day by hjnilsson on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @04:56AM (#7665781)
Well, I think the benefits of the 6-hour day would disappear then. IIRC correctly research shows that productivity falls steeply after 5 hours at work, with hour 6-8 being at 75% producitity, and after that 50% (approximately). So having 3x10 days would kill the benefit of increased producitivity during the time you are at work, while still costing as much.
Re:Sweden: The New Laboratory for a Six-Hour Work Day by msvalkon on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @06:52AM (#7666114)
As a policy, this sort of thing probably would not work but the statistic does not apply to all people. I'd be interested to see a large company which allowed the workers to decide freely. Measuring results would obviously be difficult.