Darn, it's all rather obvious. Personally, I could never sustain a regimented five-day workweek. That just left Saturday to decompress, and Sunday to be on the edge for going back. There's no time for actual life, especially in North America where people typically get shitty amounts of vacation time. Is that life?
Personally, I'd rather be poor, at least defined by modern economic standards. And I did choose to be. And after having quit my high-paying job, I'm so much happier.
>The study, reported in Nature Human Behaviour, was designed to test the effects of the four-day workweek with no reduction in pay.
>The researchers compared work and health-related indicators – including burnout, job satisfaction, and mental and physical health – before and after the intervention using survey data.
so they surveyed people after having them work less about whether or not they liked working less and getting paid the same? wow thats pretty compelling stuff there. maybe we could see if a 1 day work week "RULES" next
I think one of the main benefits of a four-day workweek is having a regular weekday free, meaning you can easily do errands and things without having to take time off work or cut into the shared time of the traditional weekend where many things are closed and we have so many of our non-work social commitments. Were the four-day workweek to be mass adopted, I would hope we as a society would be smart enough to not all choose the same four days.
I’ll echo what others are saying about four days preventing burnout and leaving mental space for other activities.
Just for last year, I went back to five days to get something out the door. Being there every day with my team was nice, and I balanced the heavy mental work with exercise at night or on weekends. But hobby coding — or writing or anything requiring mental juice — stopped entirely. By the end of the year as we got close to shipping, I was drifting into that “what the hell am I spending my life for” mindset.
Going back to four days this year fixed it. Each work day is still mentally exhausting, but I’ve been using my day off for personal stuff and, randomly, to practice slack lining with a small group of flexible friends. I’m so grateful to have this option.
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[ 5.0 ms ] story [ 39.7 ms ] threadPersonally, I'd rather be poor, at least defined by modern economic standards. And I did choose to be. And after having quit my high-paying job, I'm so much happier.
>The researchers compared work and health-related indicators – including burnout, job satisfaction, and mental and physical health – before and after the intervention using survey data.
so they surveyed people after having them work less about whether or not they liked working less and getting paid the same? wow thats pretty compelling stuff there. maybe we could see if a 1 day work week "RULES" next
It is cheaper to pay ATC overtime than it is to hire new controllers.
I imagine it would be similar in a lot of other industries.
2-1-2-2 doesn't feel like work, I could do that routine in perpetuity.
Just for last year, I went back to five days to get something out the door. Being there every day with my team was nice, and I balanced the heavy mental work with exercise at night or on weekends. But hobby coding — or writing or anything requiring mental juice — stopped entirely. By the end of the year as we got close to shipping, I was drifting into that “what the hell am I spending my life for” mindset.
Going back to four days this year fixed it. Each work day is still mentally exhausting, but I’ve been using my day off for personal stuff and, randomly, to practice slack lining with a small group of flexible friends. I’m so grateful to have this option.
feel like i have to watch out the slow decline of the inevitable
or maybe we are expected to be gig workers instead of UBI.
in that case give me the euthanasia pod