While I think fewer working hours are need overall, you are right about needing time during the work week. For example, contactors, who seem to only work during

While I think fewer working hours are need overall, you are right about needing time during the work week. For example, contactors, who seem to only work during the week despite the majority of their customers having day jobs, would be a lot easier to work with if one doesn't need to use a half or full day for them. I'm fortunate in that if I need to take time to deal with that or work from home I can, but I'd assume most can't do that easily. The other thing I can't help but fixate on is that this consumption of all free time seems to nicely reduce the risk of employees starting their own business or even look for another job. Much harder to do those when you're exhausted or dealing with family.