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Because two 20 hour employee are worth considerably less than one 40 hour employee for all but the most menial jobs.

• 21echoes 12y ago
  [citation needed]
  • WalterSear 12y ago
    Have you worked anything other than menial jobs?
    • 21echoes 12y ago
      yes. and the science is very exhaustively on my side: time and time again, it's been shown that workers (especially knowledge workers like programmers, designers, etc.) are more productive when working less hours. * http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---travail/documents/publication/wcms_187307.pdf http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---pro... * www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2002/07/en/1/ef0207en.pdf * http://sciencenordic.com/we-should-only-work-25-hours-week-argues-professor http://sciencenordic.com/we-should-only-work-25-hours-week-a... * http://news.illinois.edu/WebsandThumbs/Lleras,Alejandro/Lleras_sdarticle-17.pdf http://news.illinois.edu/WebsandThumbs/Lleras,Alejandro/Ller... * the list goes on...