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Why four? Why not one?
by arrakis2021 5y ago
Why four? Why not one?
- mavelikara 5y agoSomeone responded to you when you left this same comment on a previous thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29835132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29835132
- echelon 5y agoIt's perfectly fine to ask the same question to a new audience. There might be different answers. Not everyone saw it the first time. My answer to op, assuming they're not being facetious: - We need time to recharge and let our brains work asynchronously on problems. - We need more coordination and integration points with colleagues. If we're steamrolling ahead, there's little chance to coordinate. - Quality of work begins to suffer after a certain point and reaches diminishing returns. - Expending that much effort at once, repeatedly, likely leads to incredible burnout. - Personally, the will to do Herculean tasks isn't a renewable resource you can tap into week over week. It happens, but it depletes. There have to be breaks.
- yawnxyz 5y agoI think that over time, the Overton window of what's acceptable will slowly shrink to 4 hours a week. But it'll be the optionality of work, like the 4-hour-work week, rather than a work-to-survive model we currently live in
- BuckRogers 5y agoWhat would help me at my job is just having the benefits/money to feel appreciative of the job. Instead I feel exploited. The easiest way is 4-10s. Working 8-6 daily and having a 3 day workweek would make me so much happier with my life. I would LOVE to have 3 days with my family, and would likely never leave the job.
- arrakis2021 5y agoI didn’t even know anyone responded. Thanks
- staz 5y agoWhy five ? why not a seven day week?
- wy35 5y agoI'm sure people said the same thing when we went from a 7 day workweek to a 5 day workweek.
- chasd00 5y agoSometimes it blows my mind that every 5 days I get two days off. You're off almost 30% of every week by default.