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It's been tried elsewhere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35-hour_workweek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35-hour_workweek), and it's not been a massive success.
by achamayou 10y ago
It's been tried elsewhere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35-hour_workweek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35-hour_workweek), and it's not been a massive success. It certainly hasn't made a dent in the unemployment figures.
We may be further from the jobs drying out than we think we are, and humans may have an ability to generate "work" for themselves greater than is generally thought. Among possible explanations anyway, there are surely many more :)
- user5994461 10y agoIt was only tried in France. It's a different environment.
- ptaipale 10y agoFrance is not just a trial. It's the current working hours law, since 2000. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35-hour_workweek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35-hour_workweek And it hasn't been a massive success, except that employees mostly like it. But the unemployment level is roughly the same 10 % as it was before 2000, and the last time French government did not have budget deficit is still 1974.
- user5994461 10y agoIt's the working hours for some jobs.