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I'm genuinely impressed that the Overton window on hours seems to have changed since the last time the 4-day work week was in the headlines. Not that long ago,
by mortenjorck 7y ago
I'm genuinely impressed that the Overton window on hours seems to have changed since the last time the 4-day work week was in the headlines.
Not that long ago, it was unquestioned that four days meant 4x10. It was simply unthinkable that we would consider less than forty hours "full time." I even skipped this article initially, expecting it to have the same assumptions! And yet, they specifically report that Shake Shack cut back to 32 hours without cutting pay.
I would have expected service-sector jobs to be the last to see something like this. And if a burger chain can do it, an office where we spend 40 hours in a combination of productivity and reading HN can absolutely do it.
- wasdfff 7y agoService sector does not want you working 40 hours a week for benefits purposes.
- piffey 7y agoYou can never afford those benefits on a service sector job anyways.
- dv_dt 7y agoAt a time of coronavirus outbreaks in the news, I have to think that models of propagation should account for national differences like which areas have required vacation & sicktime benefits as well as universal healthcare.
- xxandroxygen 7y agoBut 32 hours is enough to qualify for benefits.