On: The Thirty-Hour Week (1936)

[felipelemos]

If so, we are just collectively wasting everybody's time.

[warp_factor → felipelemos]

Yes I believe we are all partially wasting our time. Unfortunately it is one of the pillars of our societies and it would be extremely or almost impossible to change. People expect to be busy at work 5 days a week for 8 hours.

[rexpop → warp_factor]

Pretty easy to change, I think.

For everyone on salary, just say: "our new office culture is a 2.5 day week."

For everyone on hourly wages, just double their wages and they'll adjust their own schedules.

The trick is to do so simultaneously across the world to discourage scabs.

[OJFord → rexpop]

> For everyone on salary, just say: "our new office culture is a 2.5 day week."

That'd work for many, but many others would seek another job the same.

> For everyone on hourly wages, just double their wages and they'll adjust their own schedules.

That definitely doesn't work. Where has introducing or raising minimum wage caused workers to seek fewer hours, for real but less extreme example?

[rexpop → OJFord]

> Where has introducing or raising minimum wage caused workers to seek fewer hours

I guess we haven't yet saturated the demand for wages.

[Ocerge → felipelemos]

Well, yeah. Most white-collar jobs are adult daycares (including my own + many others in software).