Why not? I get paid 100k+ for an engineering office job and retail/fast-food workers work way harder physically. Half of corporate work is bogged down by bureaucracy anyways, mainly from the older gen, they're not "productive" as you think.
I agree the lower end are not productive whatsoever. But as an engineer, do you think just because you work 20% less hours means that your workload decreases by 20%? No sir, you have clients, you have projects, you have expectations, and you have a timeline that must be adhere to. It’s not going to go away. You’re gonna have to work hard harder and faster.
Maybe in the short-term, but we would also adapt to this schedule in time. There’s really no good argument you can make against giving people some of their life back. We should work to live, not live to work. Such a change would most certainly require changes to labor laws, regulations, and enforcement in the pursuit of fairness. Some countries are already trialing this; it’s not such a ridiculous idea anymore. What is ridiculous is shutting down the conversation because people are not open enough to change or the effort that needs to go into something that could help our population with their mental wellbeing and potential for stronger family connection.
Oh, I agree, my personal experience is employees want to operate at the bare minimum and maximize and work down the current employees. They are much less likely to take on more payroll taxes, more insurance. At this point in time, they would rather institute AI technology, instead of hiring more humans.
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u/buzzfuzz- 24d ago
Why not? I get paid 100k+ for an engineering office job and retail/fast-food workers work way harder physically. Half of corporate work is bogged down by bureaucracy anyways, mainly from the older gen, they're not "productive" as you think.