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I love a three-day weekend as much as the next guy, but I don't understand how people are pushing for shorter workweeks, and even for universal basic income, me
by khazhoux 4y ago
I love a three-day weekend as much as the next guy, but I don't understand how people are pushing for shorter workweeks, and even for universal basic income, meanwhile all the Starbucks near me close at 7pm because they're short-staffed. And restaurants and grocery stores and everywhere you look, there's still a labor shortage.
- fsniper 4y agoIt's easy, you adapt to not having your coffee after 7pm. (fixed typo of 8pm to 7pm)
- 5350-uiop-1130 4y agoyeah, what's wrong with starbucks closing at 7pm...
- shawabawa3 4y agoThere's not a labor shortage there's a wage shortage, because wages are not and have not been keeping up with inflation for most jobs since at least 2008 if not earlier
- ramblerman 4y agoIt's a bit disingenuous to conflate working less or part-time with universal basic income. The first can be done by choice for some people, and doesn't always imply government subsidy. Also why pick 4 days as being closer to UBI, when you could make the same argument about 5 days vs 6.
- khazhoux 4y agoI don't think it's disingenuous at all. They both have in common the fairly-recent idea that it's time to work less: whether a shorter week for the same pay, or in the case of UBI you get money for no work at all. These two are not the same, but they're in the same space of recent re-examinations of the relationship between work and money.
- dncornholio 4y ago> meanwhile all the Starbucks near me close at 7pm because they're short-staffed Maybe they opened a shop or 2 too many?