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humandisastersquad · 11 months ago

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while im very much supportive of the anti work movement and in favour of reducing the amount of hours people are required to work to earn a living,,, sooo much of the rhetoric seems to centre around 9-5 office type jobs where productivity is measured by tasks completed etc like every single 4 day work week experiment i've seen has been smth along those lines and bangs on about how workers are more productive in their output and do "5 days worth of work in 4" etc or aim for majority remote work when like. that isn't possible in most service jobs like healthcare etc. even tho service industries are some of the worst when it comes overworking and burnout

#like im not saying there *isn't* talk about or action on improving work in service industries #but it seems to be an afterthought compared to aforementioned output-based office type jobs #even tho reduced hours and number of shifts are Absolutely needed in service jobs #but it's a lot more difficult to implement due to the nature of the jobs and the current massive amounts of shortages in these areas #like im approaching this from someone who works in healthcare where there are barely enough people to cover day shifts let alone night shif #and yeah a big part of that shortage is bc of the overworking that's led to burnout and many people quitting #and companies/governments being stingy and hiring the absolute bare minimum staff to operate at #so implementing changes like say 6 hour shifts and 4 day work weeks would require them to hire a tonne more people #(as they shouldve in the first place)#but even then they probably wont get even close to getting enough to cover even just current work practices adequately #let alone improved conditions with shorter and reduced number of shifts per person #while also maintaining pay at a liveable amount #tl;dr it's a shittonne more complicated than most 4 day work week office experiments have shown and we need to talk about it more

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