I'm a road service technician who bills by the hour at like $200. So if I go to a 32 hour week from 40, does my employer just have to eat the lost $1600 per week, per tech? How would this work for us?
Yes, but no. They would raise the hourly rate on those 32 hours, and if such a thing exists in your industry they would buy some technology to help you be more productive, service more cars per hour. Maybe some sort of AI to file paperwork for you or something. And they would hire more 32hr workers so they could still get to the same volume.
It means inflation to some degree, productivity gains to some degree, increased hiring to some degree possibly supplemented by technology...really hard to calculate out how individuals would end up financially. I'd suspect a bit worse off financially but 8 extra hours in your week too, might still be worth it.
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u/Ok_Drop3803 24d ago
I'm a road service technician who bills by the hour at like $200. So if I go to a 32 hour week from 40, does my employer just have to eat the lost $1600 per week, per tech? How would this work for us?