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Samsung tells its executives to work a 6-day week to 'inject a sense of crisis'
- cebert 3y agohttps://archive.ph/g2XEx https://archive.ph/g2XEx
- labrador 3y agoAs a former member of the U.S. Military, this sounds like the military, which controls all your time while you're member. That's why I got out.
- ggamecrazy 3y agoyes, but you are very much mission driven in the military, especially in a small unit. For me, it was the bad mission set and not the sleep deprivation that personally drove me out.
- 999900000999 3y agoThought experiment. What if the government mandated a 4 day work week for parents ? Would companies comply or just avoid hiring parents. I personally think a 4 day work week is the way to go, even though I don't really see myself having a family.
- bnj 3y agoWhen teachers are also parents how will schools staff classes on day five? Work week length might be an all or nothing proposition.
- oefnak 3y agoMany of the teachers at my primary school work 3 or 4 days a week. There are just 2 teachers per class. They also have other roles within the school, like helping gifted children, or those with dyslexia.. etc.
- jfengel 3y agoWould that really help parents? They're parents seven days a week. I mean of course less work is better. But is there something about parenthood that would make a categorical difference that non parents would miss?
- 999900000999 3y agoReduced childcare costs. Parent A works Tuesday to Friday. Parent B works Monday to Thursday. More quality time at home, might even encourage people to start families in the first place.
- morkalork 3y agoThey would avoid hiring parents and the birthrate would collapse faster. Or, maybe parents would be expected to work even crazier hours on the day 4 days to make it up.
- jagged-chisel 3y agoOr more of the population would become parents to gain the benefit and companies would have a scarce no-parent talent pool.
- xyzzy4747 3y ago>I don't really see myself having a family. What do you think is the purpose of a biological animal? Anyways, you'd be missing out. Kids are a ton of fun.
- petermcneeley 3y agoI love this idea but does it go far enough? I personally think a 0 day work week is the way to go. Under this new mandate I REALLY dont see myself having a family.
- bushbaba 3y agoSamsung appliances are some of the least reliable. Yet they ask a premium. Same goes for their phones which are known to have no long term support or reliability. I wonder if this finally caught up to Samsung. The Chinese brands are often just as feature rich, yet cheaper and just as if not slightly better reliability.
- 1-6 3y agoIt doesn’t help as most of the components put into Samsung products come from China anyway. The Chinese manufacturers have probably mastered their sub vendors by now.
- SkyArrow 3y agoPreviously: Samsung shifts executives to six-day workweeks to 'inject a sense of crisis' https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40083470 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40083470
- 1-6 3y agoYou probably all know the saying: You can take Samsung out of South Korea but you can’t take South Korea out of Samsung.