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Cut the shifts in half and people work less individually while more people overall have job opportunities. As a benefit, working shorter shifts would result in
by tk75x 7y ago
Cut the shifts in half and people work less individually while more people overall have job opportunities. As a benefit, working shorter shifts would result in more rested workers who would theoretically be more productive or at least have less chance of mistakes.
- newsgremlin 7y agoThose workers may also be more likely to stay in work to finish a piece of work off, rather than leave as soon as the bell rings.
- marcusverus 7y agoThis would either halve incomes or double labor costs. Any improvements in individual productivity would be offset by the new logistical nightmare (especially for knowledge workers) of coordinating with twice as many team members to accomplish the same amount of work. This seems like a recipe for skyrocketing costs.