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I like working at home, but I don't like living at work. I would agree that being on call after hours requires compensation. Unfortunately many "full time" job
by musicale 5y ago
I like working at home, but I don't like living at work.
I would agree that being on call after hours requires compensation. Unfortunately many "full time" jobs do not pay overtime and provide no compensation for on call time.
Keynes was right about the increases in productivity and automation, but apparently absurdly naïve in predicting it would result in reduced work hours for the same pay rather than in increased profit and unemployment.
"Since our workers have become twice as productive, we've decided to double their pay and cut the work week in half" is not how most company managers think.
Yet it would seem to be better for society as a whole if our lives were not consumed by endless drudgery; reducing the standard "required" work hours would seem to be a good idea for human health and happiness.