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The way it is described (workers have 6 days on, 1 day off) is identical to the old system, so in terms of wages, productivity, and cost of materials it is actu
by tantalor 7y ago
The way it is described (workers have 6 days on, 1 day off) is identical to the old system, so in terms of wages, productivity, and cost of materials it is actually identical.
The only difference is lower costs for machines; since machines are never idle you need 6/7 as many.
By example, if your widget factory has 7 workers and 7 machines, by shifting their schedules so each worker takes a different day off, you can do the same amount of work with only 6 machines.
- winfred 7y ago> The way it is described (workers have 6 days on, 1 day off) That's not what it describes. > Eighty percent of the workforce were told to go to work; 20 percent to stay home. The continuous week began as a five-day cycle. Every day 1/5th of the workers were off. So that's 4 days on, 1 day off.
- tantalor 7y agoI see... that it actually less productive than before. Workers are furloughed 1/6 of time instead of 1/7.