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>The same could be achieved by having different work hours in different seasons, no need to change the underlying metric of time to achieve this. This is a mer
by hitpointdrew 6y ago
>The same could be achieved by having different work hours in different seasons, no need to change the underlying metric of time to achieve this.
This is a mere pipe dream. Business aren't going to change their hours to different seasons. It would be much easier to just stay on DST then try and coerce business to change their employee hours based off the season.
- hunter2_ 6y agoThe shock to our circadian rhythm, which would occur equally regardless of whether due to seasonal DST or due to seasonal 1-hour modifications to business hours, is responsible for loss of productivity/profitability/etc. But businesses can elect to smear their seasonal modifications with any granularity they want, avoiding severe shock to circadian rhythm, thus avoiding the financial hit! I guess DST could theoretically smear as well, but that is way more difficult for people to wrap their heads around.
- ryandrake 6y agoWhy are business hours so unchangeable? People seem to just take this as a given, like the God Of Business carved 9-5 on a stone tablet.
- denkmoon 6y agoImagine the most uncooperative, petty boss/manager you've ever worked for. Imagine trying to convince them to change business hours. Multiply by tens of thousands.
- pseudalopex 6y agoBusinesses interact with other businesses and government agencies. Workers interact with schools and transit. It's about coordination not specific numbers.
- tshaddox 6y agoNot to mention that business hours are already not all the same. I’m not sure how so many people are missing that extremely obvious fact.