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Could the U.S. adopt an eight-hour workday? In my experience no.

• jinushaun 11y ago
  Seriously. But I'd rather formalize the 10 hr workday and switch to 4x10s. I think it's superior to 5x8s because you can get longer continuous periods of work and an extra day to actually rest/recover. I don't really see 6 hr days working in office jobs. With emails, meetings and lunch, I feel like I don't really get going until 3pm.
  • 1971genocide 11y ago
    To each his own. I prefer working a little each day and not stress myself too much. I think what needs to happen is an increased in flexibility. To me it seems that society has done a piss poor job in figuring out how to accommodate to women and new types of knowledge work - which requires a lot of flexibility.
    • Apocryphon 11y ago
      Agreed. Wouldn't having some people on five-day workweeks of 5x6, and others four-day workweeks of 4x10, and still others doing whatever lead to companies having to hire more people to fill in the blanks? Wouldn't that help lower unemployment?
    • imh 11y ago
      I've come to the conclusion that more flexibility often leads to a race to the bottom. Like the "unlimited vacation" that's so popular now. Same with flexible hours, I'd guess. Anyone know how to combat that aspect of it?
  • fsloth 11y ago
    " With emails, meetings and lunch, I feel like I don't really get going until 3pm." That sounds like a really wasteful work environment. You spend tremendeous amount of time just synchronizing with people. That's just bad management and lack of vision from your employers part, not a law of nature.