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I think the desirability/need for a 2nd job increases as the number of job work hours decrease. Imagine you had a 2-day/wk job that pays half of what you make

I think the desirability/need for a 2nd job increases as the number of job work hours decrease. Imagine you had a 2-day/wk job that pays half of what you make in a 40h/wk job. Would you mind having a 2nd job that pays the other half? Anyway, my point is that having more free hours will change how society behaves and colaborate and how the underlying economics work, therefore eliminating some of perceived advantages of a shorter work week.

lucideer 8y ago
> Imagine you had a 2-day/wk job that pays ["half of what you make in a 40h/wk job"]. Would you mind having a 2nd job that pays the other half? Where "half of what you make in a 40h/wk job" ~= (a) enough, OR (b) not enough. If the answer is (a), then yes, I would mind. I would stick to 2 days. That answer is not only true for me, research has shown it to be true for the majority of people for a US value of "enough" = $75,000/household (possibly could be updated for inflation/cost of living but the point stands). You might be in the minority who wouldn't mind—in fact I suspect a disproportionate number of HNers may fall into that particular minority—but it's not true for most of the population.