A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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I think the plan is that a lot of people get a 0 day work week. That's one of the problems.
Computerisation, the paperless office etc all were supposed to generate better quality of life for workers. It was how it was sold. The reality is that staff numbers were reduced with work and competitive pressures increasing rates of stress and depression.
Human productivity alone warranted a 4-day workweek. With AI benefits added in, we should be going down to 3.
No, personal computers made us productive enough for a 4 day work week. We’re down to like 24 hours per week now. I think many would enjoy four 6-hour days, while others may prefer three 8-hour days. And a rare few might want to work two 12-hour shifts.
I’m still waiting for self checkout, airport self service check-in, automated answer services for credit cards, and computerized healthcare systems to make food, airplane tickets, consumer goods, and healthcare less expensive.
And I feel like I’ve been waiting a while…
Yeah, I just graced with a glorious 0-day work week. There is no chance ANY of this “productivity” will get anywhere near workers. It’s just a new, exciting way to centralize wealth and power. And if the models get as “intelligent” as the claim they will in 5 years, then with a helping of slavery to boot, ones they are “as smart or smarter” than humans, just without pesky things like rights…
2 day work week. Standard hours for a work week are just like the minimum wage. They've been stagnant for decades and haven't adjusted according to company profits and worker productivity increases.
2 days. Why would you ask for 4? That puts you in a shitty bargaining position.
We should already be on a fucking 3 day with increased pay with how much productivity has gone up, instead we're just getting ass raped harder and harder while rich assholes keep getting richer and richer with no end in sight.
Heck. This should have happened in the 80's.
It did, for a select few. Less than four days, even. You just had to be one of the finance sector aristocrats who laid claim to enough passive rents.
Instead we got trickled on.
Get ready for more. We have the golden dome coming.
The forecast is sunny with a 100% chance of golden showers
They will just lay people off and have less people
“Technology is gonna work to improve us, not just the people who own the technology and the CEOs of large corporations,” Sanders said. “You are a worker, your productivity is increasing because we give you AI, right? Instead of throwing you out on the street, I’m gonna reduce your work week to 32 hours.”
0% chance this wouldn't also come with a 20% pay cut.
Sure, but that's not what's being discussed. Sanders is saying people deserve a 4 day work week at full pay.
Anyone can negotiate a 4 day work week for a 20% paycut. That's not worth public figures time to discuss.
Except even with a 20% pat cut it might still be hard to get because any amount of personal time threatens your dedication to their profits.
40% pay cut, those server farms are expensive
100% pay cut, and you better say thank you
A voucher for the company produced bag of rice, a place to sleep in the barracks next to the workplace and the “promise” of some definition of healthcare.
120% paycut, would you not pay a few hours of work for a whole day off?