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Feel like I keep seeing news/articles about 6 day work weeks. Seems like a coordinated effort.

by jarsin 2y ago

jowdones 2y ago
Yes. We absolutely must to return to the office and work 6 day weeks in 12 hours shifts and take one week vacation in a year, evidently not in one go because can't leave the assembly line. The shareholders must get their dividends!
- hnbad 2y ago
  It's funny they mention Germany for size given that until recently there had been a push for popularizing the idea of a 4 day work week (of 8 hour shifts) and it seems only earlier this year there's been an increase in news stories pushing in the opposite direction. Simultaneously the Liberal party repurposed the brand it originally used for its own watered-down UBI proposal as a new label for the existing (means-tested, limited and conditional) social welfare. It feels like we're throwing a lot of progress out of the window with very little pushback.
- carlosjobim 2y ago
  Hey, don't forget that the government needs their taxes just as much as the shareholders need those juicy profits. I wonder if there is anything in common between the people benefitting from the labour of others in this modern economy, hmmmm...
TacticalCoder 2y ago
> Feel like I keep seeing news/articles about 6 day work weeks. Seems like a coordinated effort. At the same time that article's title gives it too on their immigration coordinated effort: "6-day workweeks or more immigration". You can read it any way you like, it's obvious they're putting both 6-days workweek and more immigration as something people do not want.
tamimio 2y ago
Just like how it was with RTO, expect soon some big corporate CEO to start talking about the “need” for that extra day, coupled with some incentives like “work it from home first!!”. This will be followed by a few cringy LinkedIn posts and/or tech bros explaining how that extra workday ACTUALLY changed their lives for the better. Eventually, it will become the norm, and you will be seen as a black sheep if you say otherwise. You won’t “fit” in the company culture and could be terminated or, at best, face zero career advancement or promotion. Just like RTO all over again. It’s ironic seeing news about that extra workday when layoffs are high. Just yesterday, I read about Intel laying off 10,000 employees.

Feel like I keep seeing news/articles about 6 day work weeks. Seems like a coordinated effort.

by jarsin 2y ago

Feel like I keep seeing news/articles about 6 day work weeks. Seems like a coordinated effort.

Yes. We absolutely must to return to the office and work 6 day weeks in 12 hours shifts and take one week vacation in a year, evidently not in one go because can't leave the assembly line. The shareholders must get their dividends!

hnbad 2y ago
It's funny they mention Germany for size given that until recently there had been a push for popularizing the idea of a 4 day work week (of 8 hour shifts) and it seems only earlier this year there's been an increase in news stories pushing in the opposite direction. Simultaneously the Liberal party repurposed the brand it originally used for its own watered-down UBI proposal as a new label for the existing (means-tested, limited and conditional) social welfare. It feels like we're throwing a lot of progress out of the window with very little pushback.
carlosjobim 2y ago
Hey, don't forget that the government needs their taxes just as much as the shareholders need those juicy profits. I wonder if there is anything in common between the people benefitting from the labour of others in this modern economy, hmmmm...

TacticalCoder 2y ago

> Feel like I keep seeing news/articles about 6 day work weeks. Seems like a coordinated effort. At the same time that article's title gives it too on their immigration coordinated effort: "6-day workweeks or more immigration". You can read it any way you like, it's obvious they're putting both 6-days workweek and more immigration as something people do not want.

tamimio 2y ago

Just like how it was with RTO, expect soon some big corporate CEO to start talking about the “need” for that extra day, coupled with some incentives like “work it from home first!!”. This will be followed by a few cringy LinkedIn posts and/or tech bros explaining how that extra workday ACTUALLY changed their lives for the better. Eventually, it will become the norm, and you will be seen as a black sheep if you say otherwise. You won’t “fit” in the company culture and could be terminated or, at best, face zero career advancement or promotion. Just like RTO all over again. It’s ironic seeing news about that extra workday when layoffs are high. Just yesterday, I read about Intel laying off 10,000 employees.