We used to be forced to work 6-7 days a week at the plant I work for. We’ve been on a four day work week for two years and got decent raises with the opportunity to volunteer extra day’s of overtime. The job I once hated, I now love and my coworkers feel the same as well.
@@davidj_youngking All four thousand of us, just at our plant alone. Instead of working 8’s, we work 10’s or you can stay and work 12’s. And you’re also free to work on your days off. 🤷🏻♂️
@@UFwhoknOws now that makes sense, but I don’t believe that’s the plan for all businesses.. I seriously doubt they raise pay to compensate for days not worked. They’re going to cut days to cut hours.. and further the struggle for most working class Americans.. 🤔
@@jasonalvarez6995 In the long run, companies shoot themselves in the foot because eventually there won't be anyone making enough money to buy their product because everyone keeps sending jobs overseas and the money outside of the country. The American economy is already showing cracks.
I really hope this catches on. We need MORE than two days off from work, especially if you have a family. We need 1 day for socializing and hobbies, one day for rest, and one day for taking care of responsibilities out side of work. Trying to cram that all into two days is exhausting. There’s more to life then just working until we die! Also I love the made up cons of a 4 day work week, just a bunch of business owners spreading a false narrative because it COULD effect their personal profits, despite it improving the lives of their workers and their families.
The hotel workers and garbage workers, etc excuses made me laugh. As if it would be hard to give those same workers a four day work week and simply pay them overtime for working an additional day or hiring more workers to rotate the shifts. They already do that anyway on jobs that require round the clock service or seven days a week service. I used to be an on call employee at a homeless shelter. There were plenty of on call and rotational staff, especially if anyone called out sick.
Listen to the fear in their voices as they stutter and stammer trying to convince us not serving them for ONE DAY will make our lives worse 03:30 😂 04:00
I agree on that. Back then the 40 hour work week was viable because the family would have one person dedicated to home responsibilities such as bills, errands and taking care of the children while the other goes to work and provides financial stability to the family, while being paid enough to feed and house a family of 4. Now the dynamics have changed, where both parents have to work, with no one being able to tend to home responsibilities, forcing them to dedicate their weekends to doing that, leaving little to no free time for themselves. Then there's traffic. That's a good waste of 10-12 hours a week going to and from work that's coming out of YOUR pocket. There needs to be a labor movement because the working and living environment has changed dramatically
It makes it even more difficult if you actually do have the weekends off as often certain important things you need to take care of might be closed. Specifically government services like if you need to renew your license plate tags or get a new driver's license. As far as I know these services aren't open on the weekend.
I hope this happens globally. Hotels can arrange shifts so that each employee is only working 4 days out of the week. It doesn't have to be unequal. People are mentally suffering, and I really think the rat race along with the pressure to make ends meet, and of course, insufficient health care are contributing to our current mental health crisis and huge crime waves.
Our productivity increased significantly, and technology advanced. Yet our workload has not decreased any... In fact it increased as well. It's no wonder everyone is feeling burnt out.
The lobbyist used every excuse he could think of. But blaming rising wages for inflation is laughable. Wage growth has been stagnant for decades, unless you are upper management of course. No wonder people are leaving companies that use lame excuses for low wages -- while pretending their record profits aren't spendable on labor and benefits. Production and transportation problems, as well as profiteering are causing rampant inflation, and greed is creating unwanted jobs.
"No wonder people are leaving companies that use lame excuses for low wages -- while pretending their record profits aren't spendable on labor and benefits." -- C B Crawford 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾 This, this, and ALL OF THIS right here. Why do we let them get away with it?
I told my job at some point I'm only available 4 days, because overtime is not allowed. So being understaffed I would end up staying late alone in the office. It's unacceptable I would stay after hours late and I did not get paid any overtime at all. But I was told I had to complete my work task regardless. . I had to fight for a 4 day work week and it forced my employer to hire a part time help. I work for a large medical center owned by private equity firm so I don't care what the corporate higher ups think. I refuse to overwork myself and not get paid overtime while the private equity firm that owns us makes their big money. I admit it's hard to get an employer to let you work 4 days. It was for me. But now when I stay late it's only if I choose to and if so I'm not working for free after hours and now I get paid for the total hours I work. I encourage everyone to try and fight for a four day work week.
I personally did a 4 day work week and my Life CHANGED! I worked M-W, F. I was off Thursday’s and the weekends. That Thursday really help me regain and prevented me from having a bummed out tired and lazy attitude by Friday. Instead my productivity at work improved on Friday and I noticed a difference from my other work mates. I was energized, refreshed and they were sluggish, and lack productivity. Matter of fact it changed my life so much I reduced my work week to 2 DAYS A WEEK. That was to much time for me so now I’m at a 3 day work week and 4 days weekend ! Definitely go for it but don’t forget to pay that debt down and stop caring why people think 😉
it's more equitable for child care, parent participation, having a second job, or working on an opportunity or home project, this is great for poor people specifically, only business owners have a problem with this as they are getting less from their workers/servants who they barely give wage increases to, this gives workers more opportunity and power over their lives and more time to change jobs when their employer is not allowing for work life balance
the home projects, yes! and it isn't even just frivolous updates....like there are so many old homes that need maintenance and updates. I feel torn so thin between all I need to get done for work, for my home projects, and my family
They can also just have different schedules. Some people work Monday - Thursday and others Friday to Monday. And alternate to give everyone days off. I agree is some business owners that don’t want to change and wonder why people don’t want to work for them.
While I'm for 4 day work weeks, the real time saver for maximum productivity and budget boosting is just simply letting people work remote forever if they are able to. I've done group surveys inside companies and on average at least 72% of the employees said they'd prefer to work from home and it wasn't a comparison to hybrid or at all for going back to an office.
The opposing argument is silly. Work 5 days with the same or more hours, and we’ll pay you less than what we would have 50 years ago, based on inflation and rising cost of goods and bills.
“It doesn’t really contribute to a more equitable society” ….stfu. It does… salary employees get an extra day off and hourly employees get 8 hours of OT a week. It’s a win-win.
The companies profit will decrease depending of the industry. Don't just think about yourself, think about people that have 2 or more part time jobs. Raising prices might not be a solution because not all companies will choose the same operating day. Thirty two hours is all you getting.
If people are making overtime after 32 hours then they can still choose to work 40 hours a week if they want to. This isn’t hard. And “wage increases“ have in no way, shape or form kept up with the average cost of living. Some of these people are not living in reality. They must make too much money.
They're trying to discourage unionizing. Contacted workers will be exempt from this bill. With so many people struggling people will have to choose between unionizing to get more rights or money with overtime. You get OT after 32 hrs. And we won't accrue as much vacation.
I've always felt that it was such insanity that we work 5/7 days of our lives!! I never thought I'd see this mocement getting so much momentum in my lifetime. I really hope this continues and it becomes more and more common
And my brothers scratch their head at why I was in no rush to go back into the workforce. I burned out hard at a small company I worked for. Likely from years of hardcore ethic and hours. I eventually ended up at the emergency room because of my job. After that their measly pay rate seemed like trash to me. My life is worth more. I lost so many hours working a crap job that wasn't fulfilling.
Those who don't question the worker employer dynamic, and feel as though it is not WRONG for one human to RULE over another, is already dead inside, they have conformed to save what sanity they have left, it's truly sad.
People got spoiled during the pandemic when their work schedule changed. They didn't realize how hard they've been working on work and not themselves. An extra day of may help with self development. I'm always surprised when I get hired because my resume is so short and sweet. I've spent most of my years working on myself and not work. Somehow it's worked out.
@@777wisdom7 Keep drinking that propaganda kool-aid. Our nation is work obsessed at the sacrifice to our relationships and the cracks in our nation are starting to show.
@@anissaholmes4495 This would make sense if the rent was to decrease in correspondence to the pay decrease. You will get payed lees for working 4 days as opposed to working 5. Not to worry the Boston Dynamics robots are coming to take your jobs away anyway. Humans will be obsolete
@@777wisdom7 Good for you bro. If you're more productive during 5 days, good for you. But if the average person shows improved work output when they work less days, you're not really helping anyone by forcing people to work so much that it makes diminishing returns and lowers productivity. It's a lose-lose situation. Besides, if you work 5 days, it would become overtime.
Right! For the past 8 years or so, I have been job hopping because every time I got a job, I would end up just hanging out waiting for the company to find something constructive for me to do, not just hang out at their company pushing a broom for 6 out of 8 hours, or being told to "milk" the job so I would have something to do. I was actually told once when I asked the question "why am I even here"? that I am here, in case the company has a job for me to do, and for the company to get government kick backs for having more than 100 employees. How's that for sick?
My dept. tried a 4 days workweek (10 hrs each day) 10 yrs ago and it was a success. Very motivating and more productive. Looked forward to a weekday off where you can go for appt., do errands and put more balance in your life. Hope this catch on and really become a law.
I dont think the point of this video is about cramming 40 hours into 4 days but rather about the amount if work. While it's great your company saw improvement the employees are still working 40 hours a week. This video argues in favor of a 32 hour work week.
Some things people need to know: -An employee's productivity falls after the third hour. -By Thursday and Friday, employees don't care much about the task, they're more focused about getting through the day and getting into the weekend. -The later half of the week consists of gossiping or talking about non-related workstuff and very much less of being productive. -When an employee is burnt out, they'll just pretend to look busy to get their boss off their backs. If you say you have not done any of this, you're a liar. Literally every company that I have visted when I used to work IT has the majority of the employees engaging in the above. And I have visited a LOT of companies. The funny thing is that even though the productivity falls significantly by Friday, the company is still expected to pay the full amount for the hours worked. I also say this because I also don't care about getting the work done when I'm exhausted... All I would care is just going home and sleep. Give your workers the Friday off. They'll thank you for it. And you're not really going to be losing any productivity anyway because there really isn't any on that day to begin with.
I actually I don't do any of that. I have a strong work ethic and am introverted. So hanging out and gossip have never been my thing. I may be in the minority, but to say ppl are lying if they say they don't is weird.
@@MPPG663 People are usually blind to their own actions. You say you don't do any of that, but I'm pretty sure you're not performing at 100% efficiency for the entire 8 hours of the day. The fact that you're even responding to this during work hours proves this. lol maybe I should have added Youtubing and web surfing to point 3 as well.
I’m sure you’ve seen lots of people act that way. So have I and it would upset me being I put my all into my work. Heck I never took my two 15 minutes because I felt it was it waste of time. I much rather be doing my job. Same as my husband. He never slacked off. Everyone around him did. This in the long run helped him. He was promoted to an easier position after being monitored on camera busting his butt off to the end of his shift. Which he didn’t even know they were watching him. Sorry to bust your bubble, there are a rare few of us who don’t slack off.
@@kairisdiaries5592 I can safely say I don't believe you, nor would anyone else. If you really are productive as you said, you wouldn't even bother trying to respond to this message, because it's always futile to convince a person over words. Yes, people like me exist, and most likely many of your current bosses and future bosses will share the same mindset that I have. Stop trying to prove you're a unicorn. Unicorns don't exist.
Not if your company has a strict policy against over-time. 32 hours only a week is less money and yet you're speaking of the cost of living be higher??
I worked 4/10 hour days for the State of California in the late 80's into the 90's. loved it and it was the best of both Worlds, less drive time, more time with family and still got the work done!!!
@@carleeckuhn not necessarily? People will car pool with people that work in their staggered shift. 🤔 less cars less traffic less accidents and with use of public transit and car pooling it’s ideal. As a commercial driver I may be more qualified in my analysis than the traditional keyboard jockey or bean counter. Good day.
This will only benefit state and federal employees. They will work 32 hours and keep their 40 hour pay. Everyone else will be cut down to 32 hours and employers will not want to pay the higher overtime rate. This already happens with a 40 hour work week.
People should get EVEN MORE free time (which isnt really free because of the personal obligations people have) The workweek should be modified until people feel SATISFIED with their work life balance.
We work four ten hour days where I am and I'm still much happier than when I worked five right hour days. What I'd really like to see is four six hour days. It would mean running a tight ship. Use the restroom before you start work. Have one 15 minute break mid shift to use the restroom again and then get off work just in time for lunch. Every one would have to stay busy. No talking. No internet. No phone. The government would have to side with management when requiring that workers stay busy.
Currently working 40 hours at the best job I’ve had, but I’ve been getting burnt out especially with school and combat sports. So glad they accepted my request to 32
The great thing a bout this bill is that it would require employers to pay the existing salary or wage so that the employee works less but does not loss money. This would be great and then when business and service need to operate 5,6,7 days a week can hire more workers and give options for scheduled days off. We also need access to mandated levels of guaranteed paid vacation and sick time as well. Becuase work should be what we do but not all we do
Yes, because employers would limit hours to 32 a week to avoid paying overtime without wage increases. Hourly workers would suffer while salary workers benefit.
Boomers: BACK IN MY DAY-- Millenials: You had affordable housing, degrees, and actual job growth markets with raises, and time off.....silence, you dinosaur.
The Boomers also changed laws in their favor so that they still benefit while stealing wealth from their children and their children's children. Americans nowadays need to work 2-3 jobs so that Boomers can enjoy their fat social security checks... From a program that will no longer exist when Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z reach retirement age.
Be patient. They're learning, (by they I mean the "boomers" and those who believe everyone not working is just being lazy). Especially those who are attempting to re-enter the work force. Don't believe us (the millennials, even those of us with reputations as hard workers)? Go see it for yourselves. Two words I'll leave you to consider: natural consequences.
3:30 Listen to the panic in the oppressors voice as they realize they might be losing their slaves for an extra day before the weekend starts. 4:00 They're basically trembling in fear telling us to calm down.
I couldn't understand the point he was making at 4:01 mark. A 4-day work week takes nothing away from shifts and scheduled days of working if the company runs 24/7. he never specified what job Karen had, but fake plead on the behalf of low wage workers that keep the us going... as if he actually cared.
I could not afford to be paid for 32 hours of work. I am barely making it at 40. I support 4 day work weeks but I also need to pay bills which is getting harder.
Pretty cool. College career jobs are going 4 day work weeks and regular jobs are thinking about 32hr work weeks with anything over 32 being paid at time and a half. If anything this makes people want to college even more!!! Great educated jobs+4 day work weeks+ great pay. Oh man sounds like the dream!
Exactly what I’ve been telling my friends!!! That it would be an amazing award to have to work less days doing a career/degree job !!! Sure would motivate me!!!
I worked through the pandemic in a manufacturing environment while my family literally took a vacation while working. Thats when I started really hating my place in the economy
The 5-day work week's time is up. A 4-day work week will give people the time to upgrade their skills and start small businesses. A 4-day work week is good for capitalism.
The unintended consequence of said bill will undoubtedly result in being paid less for working 32 rather than 40 hours… OBVIOUSLY, while simultaneously making it very difficult to actually get any overtime
Interesting insights! I think a few large organizations have to put this to practice to show others how it can be implemented effectively. Many colleges have been working a 4.5-day work week for many years, but it's still the same hours.
This is awesome and sorely needed, people are getting burnt out and if productivity improves it’s a win win. I would rather work 10 hours over 4 days than 8 hours over 5 days.
It would be nice to have a shorter work week. Especially for anyone performing hard labor. Sadly, I don’t think anyones schedule would change, it would only be 8 hours of overtime pay a week. Basically a slight pay raise
I don't disagree with the idea but let business decide that and keep government out of it. Businesses that choose to do 4 days will attract people to work there over business that don't.
For my hourly job I wish my job would be working Monday through Thursday 6am-4:30pm instead of Monday through Friday 6-2:30 but I’m in retail though my position has 6 holidays off and stuff so it would be great to be able to choose 4 10 hour days over 5 8 hour days. Though when I used to work overnight I did 4 10 hour nights
In corporate worlds use the 40 hour week as an insurance exchange. I worked at Nordstrom who had a great reputation as an employer, they would cut your insurance the moment you ticked less than 38 hours a week.
This would be a huge step toward a reasonable work/life balance in every profession. Have a few more thoughts to share if anyone wants to hear them. Chronic Understaffing and everything that has resulted from it would have to be addressed, (Unrealistic Expectations, being Set Up to Fail, being compared to previous generations and their work ethic without the advantages they had, etc.). Actual training that works in the real world needs to come back. Achievable goals to boost confidence and morale benefits everyone. Also the division of labor would need to be reconstructed. I'm not an expert, but do believe it'd be worth the effort. Win/win in the long run. Anyone who wants to debate or contribute to the conversation is welcome. Please remember I'm entitled to an opinion just like you and will delete the whole thread if this gets out of hand. Edit: I'm not opposed to new technology. I think people who have been overworked for years will realize it frees up their time to do other tasks. They're more likely to embrace it rather than feel threatened. In some cases they could decide to move onto something better suited for them.
I'd love to try that. I am only able to experience this if there was a long weekend holiday. Normally hotel workers have 6 days workweek / 9 hours per day. It's extremely exhausting.
Technology scaled up the productivity of the average worker a few folds, and the consumption rate not by much. The difference in what we produce feeds a selected few in corporate America. I will support a 4 day work week only as a step in the 3 days work week direction.
3 day 12 hour shifts one week and 4 day the 12 hour the second week on a bi-weekly pay period gives the employees the freedom to spend more time with their families and go on mini vacations twice a month
@@CyclingMartialartswithMusic 4 day work weeks are supposed to retain the same pay as a 5 week cycle. They considered this because workers tend to be more productive in the first three days of the week, with the third day being the least productive. By the fourth and fifth day, productivity tends to be a mere fraction of the first day of the week, yet employers have to pay the full amount for the hours worked. My personal experience dealing with many companies and leading teams, I've already learned that people are only productive for the first 2 hours of the workday. The remaining hours, people's productivity starts to fall off and nearly drops to zero by the final hour. This is also true on Fridays when employees tend to focus more on making it to the weekend than to actually focus on their work. If your employees are good at completing their tasks before their hours are up, just let them rest instead of piling more work on them. Give them that friday off. Making them stay after finishing a job does the company no favors, and it ultimately just burns out the employee. Also, if an employer can not trust their employees to complete their jobs, that's the employer's fault for not properly interviewing and screening capable employees. It's symbiotic relationship and it seems employers have forgotten that.
@@yamchayaku i work in healthcare. Deadlines, deadlines deadlines because of Medicare, private insurance. You also cant just do something about dates because its going to mess up their benefits. 🤔
@@CyclingMartialartswithMusic That sounds like something that needs to be dealt with in the administrative aspects. As far as I'm concerned, healthcare is a blazing dumpster fire and the ones in charge there either intentionally trying to gouge people for money, or too dumb to make any noticable changes.
To be fair, a lot of people don't get 40 hours of actual work in. There's so much mind wandering, Office chat, USELESS meetings, etc, etc. Not to mention the amount of jobs I've seen that are 40 hours that don't actually give enough work to fill that
Yeah but wouldn’t people get paid less like wouldn’t we need a wage increase if it passes so that 4 days would still make you the same amount of money if you worked 5 days?
It's called shifts. Mon thru Thurs for some people and Thursday thru Sunday for others. Everyone can get 4 days, stop tryna make excuses. It can be done
Notice how the people talking against this are all high business people whose arguments boil down "It would be bad. Why? Because I'm saying it would. Trust me." They are saying "it will raise inequality because poor people get paid by the hour" but why do poor people get paid by the hour? Because the greedy business people don't want to hire full-time personnel that they would have to pay a salary and give benefits to, so they make the majorityof their work force either half-time by-the-hour employeesor even worse "contractors" that aren't even considered employees. So just pass a law saying that at least 90% of all employees of a company *necessarily* have to be *full-time salaried employees* and watch their *only* argument against the 4-day week fall to the ground along with people's quality of live improving *immediately.*
Not just high business people ( corporations), but non profit as well. Schools employ many part-time employees and substitutes who get paid very low wages with no benefits ( we only hear about the teachers on the media). The scheme many times is to underemploy people ( ex. 7 hours a day Monday through Friday) so that these employees do not get benefits at all and makes it harder to get a second job. Hardly anyone ever mentions this.
Yeah till companies only let you work 32 hours a week and bring on extra employees and never pay over time. I'll keep my 5 days a week and my current pay check, thanks.
I work 13 days on 1 day off And it’s terrible but I need it, that’s the only job near me, any other job is like 10-12 dollars an hour, sooooo hands are tied lol. I’m happy I have an understanding wife, as soon as the kids get older I’m gonna have to look somewhere else
Yeah I’m cool with it but I’d like 32 hours a week with the same 40 hour pay I get. The solutions given so far cut your pay or you work 10 hours 4 days a week and that’s just not dooable with kids.
My work schedule for the company i work for is 10 hour days Monday through Thursday and optional 6 hour day Friday if you want over time or need to catch up. It's actually very nice, I can do everything I need to do in one day or just a extra day to relax.
inflation is occurring because companies are profit greedy and decided to raise prices I order to make up for lost cash during pandemic despite they are not struggling at all, its abhorrent how capitalism, unchecked, is ruining the middle class which could purchase and pay off a house in 10 years, not it takes a whole life time to pay odd one property thanks to the poor use of our tax dollars in Congress, rich people right off everything, middle class is taxed for everything, now the corporations are whining about their workers actually wanting to have a life for the meager wage growth they receive every year at a company after working 50 hours or more because a company refuses to hire enough people so vacations, and sick leave are not a problem for their workers
The only issue I have is if they cut you off at 32 hours that is exactly what these companies will do and not give you overtime hours making your weekly pay much less and none of us can afford less money... We don't need extra days off we need better ;far ;and stable pay with good health benefits ( heck maybe companies could pay that, that would be a huge help) and good vacation and sick time off with pay...
@@kyleroberts1276 but if a company cuts you off at 32 and have to pay overtime for the remaining 40 hours they aren't going to want to do that, that's my whole point.
Honestly if they switch to a four-day week and that should be fine for every job and and for the jobs that he was talking about garbage man and so on and so forth those kind of people that are dated a people should also have a four-day week with a chance of getting overtime and also get call-in pay on that day if the company needs them to work it
It’s about time!! Long overdue! I did a project on this in college…all those hours are not healthy mentally or physically companies get all of our time. 32 hours is more than enough time…please don’t try to cram 40 hours into 4 days because that can cause more burn out. If 48 hours can be shortened to 40 then 40 can be shortened to 32…I really hope this becomes normalized
Truth is they companies would have to increase pay and hire more people to compensate and corporate greed won't allow it. There are variables of course but imagine how McDonalds would have to adjust to keep the store open 7 days a week when an employee is working 4 days instead of 5. You need another person to fill that gap. Both need to have higher base pay to maintain the same yearly gross and even though McDonald's can afford it, they aren't likely to do it. I think we need to figure out how to get these corporations to stop being so damned greedy.
The four day workweek is only good if we provide free healthcare and housing to all those who RELY ON THE workers of the 4 day workweek. Its a whole food chain with the poorest being hit the hardest. And some people are working as much as they can pulling 12-16 hour shifts. Its a dumb idea
We used to be forced to work 6-7 days a week at the plant I work for. We’ve been on a four day work week for two years and got decent raises with the opportunity to volunteer extra day’s of overtime. The job I once hated, I now love and my coworkers feel the same as well.
This is great to hear! 👍
Awesome
They have y’all (all of y’all) enough of a raise to totally make up for the other day?
@@davidj_youngking All four thousand of us, just at our plant alone. Instead of working 8’s, we work 10’s or you can stay and work 12’s. And you’re also free to work on your days off. 🤷🏻♂️
@@UFwhoknOws now that makes sense, but I don’t believe that’s the plan for all businesses.. I seriously doubt they raise pay to compensate for days not worked. They’re going to cut days to cut hours.. and further the struggle for most working class Americans.. 🤔
It's pretty sad that a majority of our time is taken up from working a job, just so we can support ourselves. I fully support a 4 day work week.
@@jasonalvarez6995 In the long run, companies shoot themselves in the foot because eventually there won't be anyone making enough money to buy their product because everyone keeps sending jobs overseas and the money outside of the country. The American economy is already showing cracks.
You mean just to support the nuts on top.
lazy
@@vaterix4202 get back to work
@@yamchayaku I am. You work more.
I really hope this catches on. We need MORE than two days off from work, especially if you have a family. We need 1 day for socializing and hobbies, one day for rest, and one day for taking care of responsibilities out side of work. Trying to cram that all into two days is exhausting. There’s more to life then just working until we die!
Also I love the made up cons of a 4 day work week, just a bunch of business owners spreading a false narrative because it COULD effect their personal profits, despite it improving the lives of their workers and their families.
The hotel workers and garbage workers, etc excuses made me laugh. As if it would be hard to give those same workers a four day work week and simply pay them overtime for working an additional day or hiring more workers to rotate the shifts. They already do that anyway on jobs that require round the clock service or seven days a week service. I used to be an on call employee at a homeless shelter. There were plenty of on call and rotational staff, especially if anyone called out sick.
Listen to the fear in their voices as they stutter and stammer trying to convince us not serving them for ONE DAY will make our lives worse 03:30 😂 04:00
I agree on that. Back then the 40 hour work week was viable because the family would have one person dedicated to home responsibilities such as bills, errands and taking care of the children while the other goes to work and provides financial stability to the family, while being paid enough to feed and house a family of 4.
Now the dynamics have changed, where both parents have to work, with no one being able to tend to home responsibilities, forcing them to dedicate their weekends to doing that, leaving little to no free time for themselves. Then there's traffic. That's a good waste of 10-12 hours a week going to and from work that's coming out of YOUR pocket.
There needs to be a labor movement because the working and living environment has changed dramatically
It makes it even more difficult if you actually do have the weekends off as often certain important things you need to take care of might be closed. Specifically government services like if you need to renew your license plate tags or get a new driver's license. As far as I know these services aren't open on the weekend.
@@raventhorX This 100%. We can't do any of those on the weekend so we have to cut into our PTO in order to get those straightened out.
When I worked a job with a 4 day work week policy, it was amazing! 3 days off is close enough to a vacation, you almost kinda/want to go back to work
I hope this happens globally. Hotels can arrange shifts so that each employee is only working 4 days out of the week. It doesn't have to be unequal. People are mentally suffering, and I really think the rat race along with the pressure to make ends meet, and of course, insufficient health care are contributing to our current mental health crisis and huge crime waves.
Not when you need money to pay bills ...
Exactly!
@@777wisdom7 Well these greedy cirporations need to pay us more bro!
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Our productivity increased significantly, and technology advanced. Yet our workload has not decreased any... In fact it increased as well. It's no wonder everyone is feeling burnt out.
The lobbyist used every excuse he could think of. But blaming rising wages for inflation is laughable. Wage growth has been stagnant for decades, unless you are upper management of course. No wonder people are leaving companies that use lame excuses for low wages -- while pretending their record profits aren't spendable on labor and benefits. Production and transportation problems, as well as profiteering are causing rampant inflation, and greed is creating unwanted jobs.
Agreed. Who paid him to say that lol?
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This, this, and ALL OF THIS right here. Why do we let them get away with it?
agreed, blaming it on wages was such a shocking comment from him. made me sick tbh
I told my job at some point I'm only available 4 days, because overtime is not allowed. So being understaffed I would end up staying late alone in the office. It's unacceptable I would stay after hours late and I did not get paid any overtime at all. But I was told I had to complete my work task regardless. . I had to fight for a 4 day work week and it forced my employer to hire a part time help. I work for a large medical center owned by private equity firm so I don't care what the corporate higher ups think. I refuse to overwork myself and not get paid overtime while the private equity firm that owns us makes their big money. I admit it's hard to get an employer to let you work 4 days. It was for me. But now when I stay late it's only if I choose to and if so I'm not working for free after hours and now I get paid for the total hours I work. I encourage everyone to try and fight for a four day work week.
I personally did a 4 day work week and my Life CHANGED! I worked M-W, F. I was off Thursday’s and the weekends. That Thursday really help me regain and prevented me from having a bummed out tired and lazy attitude by Friday. Instead my productivity at work improved on Friday and I noticed a difference from my other work mates. I was energized, refreshed and they were sluggish, and lack productivity. Matter of fact it changed my life so much I reduced my work week to 2 DAYS A WEEK. That was to much time for me so now I’m at a 3 day work week and 4 days weekend ! Definitely go for it but don’t forget to pay that debt down and stop caring why people think 😉
Where do you work that you can do this?
I really hope this passes. We spend way too much of our time working for others, it’s about time we get to spend our time for ourselves
Just quit
matthew we all agree here
that sounds very selfish of you
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@@internet2055 that’s cool. Here’s another one for you. “I” don’t care what you think, scrub.
@@poohbuttlilboy4316 What's wrong with you?
@@internet2055 I do hope you are joking.
it's more equitable for child care, parent participation, having a second job, or working on an opportunity or home project, this is great for poor people specifically, only business owners have a problem with this as they are getting less from their workers/servants who they barely give wage increases to, this gives workers more opportunity and power over their lives and more time to change jobs when their employer is not allowing for work life balance
the home projects, yes! and it isn't even just frivolous updates....like there are so many old homes that need maintenance and updates. I feel torn so thin between all I need to get done for work, for my home projects, and my family
That last part I think are the unintended consequences that old guy was talking about.
But you won't get paid the same and have the same benefits. So than what?
They can also just have different schedules.
Some people work Monday - Thursday and others Friday to Monday. And alternate to give everyone days off. I agree is some business owners that don’t want to change and wonder why people don’t want to work for them.
While I'm for 4 day work weeks, the real time saver for maximum productivity and budget boosting is just simply letting people work remote forever if they are able to. I've done group surveys inside companies and on average at least 72% of the employees said they'd prefer to work from home and it wasn't a comparison to hybrid or at all for going back to an office.
The opposing argument is silly. Work 5 days with the same or more hours, and we’ll pay you less than what we would have 50 years ago, based on inflation and rising cost of goods and bills.
“It doesn’t really contribute to a more equitable society” ….stfu. It does… salary employees get an extra day off and hourly employees get 8 hours of OT a week. It’s a win-win.
The company I work for would not do the 8 ot they would cut our hours back and just hire more part time. I can't afford to lose a days wages.
The companies profit will decrease depending of the industry. Don't just think about yourself, think about people that have 2 or more part time jobs. Raising prices might not be a solution because not all companies will choose the same operating day. Thirty two hours is all you getting.
If people are making overtime after 32 hours then they can still choose to work 40 hours a week if they want to. This isn’t hard. And “wage increases“ have in no way, shape or form kept up with the average cost of living. Some of these people are not living in reality. They must make too much money.
A Federal minimum wage of $7.25 is adequate enough to provide a decent living. I don't understand what the big stink is all about.
@@BlackNightJack Sarcasm noted
@@Avedis-G Affirmative.
They're trying to discourage unionizing. Contacted workers will be exempt from this bill. With so many people struggling people will have to choose between unionizing to get more rights or money with overtime. You get OT after 32 hrs. And we won't accrue as much vacation.
@@nicole86evans
Also beginning the great clear out of humans so they can make room for AUTOMATION and robots
I've always felt that it was such insanity that we work 5/7 days of our lives!! I never thought I'd see this mocement getting so much momentum in my lifetime. I really hope this continues and it becomes more and more common
Always felt the same!!!!! This movement makes me super happy and I hope it becomes the status quo!!!!
And my brothers scratch their head at why I was in no rush to go back into the workforce. I burned out hard at a small company I worked for. Likely from years of hardcore ethic and hours. I eventually ended up at the emergency room because of my job. After that their measly pay rate seemed like trash to me. My life is worth more. I lost so many hours working a crap job that wasn't fulfilling.
"My life is worth more." That's exactly how I feel. Best of luck to you, congrats on taking the leap toward freedom.
Those who don't question the worker employer dynamic, and feel as though it is not WRONG for one human to RULE over another, is already dead inside, they have conformed to save what sanity they have left, it's truly sad.
People got spoiled during the pandemic when their work schedule changed. They didn't realize how hard they've been working on work and not themselves. An extra day of may help with self development. I'm always surprised when I get hired because my resume is so short and sweet. I've spent most of my years working on myself and not work. Somehow it's worked out.
No they got lazy period are they giving you the same money to work 4 days.
Good for the lazy people I want a full work week
@@777wisdom7 Keep drinking that propaganda kool-aid. Our nation is work obsessed at the sacrifice to our relationships and the cracks in our nation are starting to show.
@@anissaholmes4495
This would make sense if the rent was to decrease in correspondence to the pay decrease. You will get payed lees for working 4 days as opposed to working 5. Not to worry the Boston Dynamics robots are coming to take your jobs away anyway. Humans will be obsolete
@@777wisdom7 Good for you bro. If you're more productive during 5 days, good for you. But if the average person shows improved work output when they work less days, you're not really helping anyone by forcing people to work so much that it makes diminishing returns and lowers productivity. It's a lose-lose situation. Besides, if you work 5 days, it would become overtime.
@@EingefrorenesEisen
The robots are coming to take your jobs
Love it! IVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR FLIPPING YEARS!!! WE CAN STILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT, IF NOT MORE WORK DONE!!!
More work doesn’t = more productivity
Right! For the past 8 years or so, I have been job hopping because every time I got a job, I would end up just hanging out waiting for the company to find something constructive for me to do, not just hang out at their company pushing a broom for 6 out of 8 hours, or being told to "milk" the job so I would have something to do. I was actually told once when I asked the question "why am I even here"? that I am here, in case the company has a job for me to do, and for the company to get government kick backs for having more than 100 employees. How's that for sick?
Same!!!
My dept. tried a 4 days workweek (10 hrs each day) 10 yrs ago and it was a success. Very motivating and more productive. Looked forward to a weekday off where you can go for appt., do errands and put more balance in your life. Hope this catch on and really become a law.
I dont think the point of this video is about cramming 40 hours into 4 days but rather about the amount if work. While it's great your company saw improvement the employees are still working 40 hours a week. This video argues in favor of a 32 hour work week.
Except we are talking about 4×8=32 hour week.
Some things people need to know:
-An employee's productivity falls after the third hour.
-By Thursday and Friday, employees don't care much about the task, they're more focused about getting through the day and getting into the weekend.
-The later half of the week consists of gossiping or talking about non-related workstuff and very much less of being productive.
-When an employee is burnt out, they'll just pretend to look busy to get their boss off their backs.
If you say you have not done any of this, you're a liar.
Literally every company that I have visted when I used to work IT has the majority of the employees engaging in the above. And I have visited a LOT of companies. The funny thing is that even though the productivity falls significantly by Friday, the company is still expected to pay the full amount for the hours worked. I also say this because I also don't care about getting the work done when I'm exhausted... All I would care is just going home and sleep.
Give your workers the Friday off. They'll thank you for it. And you're not really going to be losing any productivity anyway because there really isn't any on that day to begin with.
I actually I don't do any of that. I have a strong work ethic and am introverted. So hanging out and gossip have never been my thing.
I may be in the minority, but to say ppl are lying if they say they don't is weird.
@@MPPG663 lol
@@MPPG663 People are usually blind to their own actions. You say you don't do any of that, but I'm pretty sure you're not performing at 100% efficiency for the entire 8 hours of the day. The fact that you're even responding to this during work hours proves this.
lol maybe I should have added Youtubing and web surfing to point 3 as well.
I’m sure you’ve seen lots of people act that way. So have I and it would upset me being I put my all into my work. Heck I never took my two 15 minutes because I felt it was it waste of time. I much rather be doing my job. Same as my husband. He never slacked off. Everyone around him did. This in the long run helped him. He was promoted to an easier position after being monitored on camera busting his butt off to the end of his shift. Which he didn’t even know they were watching him. Sorry to bust your bubble, there are a rare few of us who don’t slack off.
@@kairisdiaries5592 I can safely say I don't believe you, nor would anyone else. If you really are productive as you said, you wouldn't even bother trying to respond to this message, because it's always futile to convince a person over words. Yes, people like me exist, and most likely many of your current bosses and future bosses will share the same mindset that I have. Stop trying to prove you're a unicorn. Unicorns don't exist.
Sounds really good! OT at 32 hours is really attractive.They should update that law it’s almost 100 years outdated and the cost of living is higher
Not if your company has a strict policy against over-time. 32 hours only a week is less money and yet you're speaking of the cost of living be higher??
I worked 4/10 hour days for the State of California in the late 80's into the 90's. loved it and it was the best of both Worlds, less drive time, more time with family and still got the work done!!!
Same
How about making people have staggered start times so you don’t have 10 million people commute to work at the same time and jam up traffic!
Car pooling saves on gas and it environmentally friendly- with your idea, that would be out the door
@@carleeckuhn not necessarily? People will car pool with people that work in their staggered shift. 🤔 less cars less traffic less accidents and with use of public transit and car pooling it’s ideal. As a commercial driver I may be more qualified in my analysis than the traditional keyboard jockey or bean counter. Good day.
Use public trabsport
This will only benefit state and federal employees. They will work 32 hours and keep their 40 hour pay. Everyone else will be cut down to 32 hours and employers will not want to pay the higher overtime rate. This already happens with a 40 hour work week.
My husband works a 10 four day work week and we both love it!!! Can’t image him working more.
I work 4 days a week @12hr shifts for 3 days and 6 hrs on the 4th day n I'm loving the 3 day weekends I feel more ready n replenished after
People should get EVEN MORE free time (which isnt really free because of the personal obligations people have)
The workweek should be modified until people feel SATISFIED with their work life balance.
We work four ten hour days where I am and I'm still much happier than when I worked five right hour days. What I'd really like to see is four six hour days. It would mean running a tight ship. Use the restroom before you start work. Have one 15 minute break mid shift to use the restroom again and then get off work just in time for lunch. Every one would have to stay busy. No talking. No internet. No phone. The government would have to side with management when requiring that workers stay busy.
It's not a 4 day work week if your working 12 hours a day.
Currently working 40 hours at the best job I’ve had, but I’ve been getting burnt out especially with school and combat sports. So glad they accepted my request to 32
The great thing a bout this bill is that it would require employers to pay the existing salary or wage so that the employee works less but does not loss money. This would be great and then when business and service need to operate 5,6,7 days a week can hire more workers and give options for scheduled days off. We also need access to mandated levels of guaranteed paid vacation and sick time as well. Becuase work should be what we do but not all we do
Agreed!!!
Exactly
Yes, because employers would limit hours to 32 a week to avoid paying overtime without wage increases. Hourly workers would suffer while salary workers benefit.
Boomers: BACK IN MY DAY--
Millenials: You had affordable housing, degrees, and actual job growth markets with raises, and time off.....silence, you dinosaur.
In usa
@@radzz9502 Well yeah, the segment is about Americans...
The Boomers also changed laws in their favor so that they still benefit while stealing wealth from their children and their children's children. Americans nowadays need to work 2-3 jobs so that Boomers can enjoy their fat social security checks... From a program that will no longer exist when Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z reach retirement age.
Yep. I agree.
Be patient. They're learning, (by they I mean the "boomers" and those who believe everyone not working is just being lazy). Especially those who are attempting to re-enter the work force.
Don't believe us (the millennials, even those of us with reputations as hard workers)? Go see it for yourselves. Two words I'll leave you to consider: natural consequences.
I just started my 4 day work week, told my job I can no longer work 5 days my job too stressful, and the 3 day separation is great.
5 days is too much
3:30 Listen to the panic in the oppressors voice as they realize they might be losing their slaves for an extra day before the weekend starts. 4:00 They're basically trembling in fear telling us to calm down.
I couldn't understand the point he was making at 4:01 mark. A 4-day work week takes nothing away from shifts and scheduled days of working if the company runs 24/7. he never specified what job Karen had, but fake plead on the behalf of low wage workers that keep the us going... as if he actually cared.
I could not afford to be paid for 32 hours of work. I am barely making it at 40. I support 4 day work weeks but I also need to pay bills which is getting harder.
Your employer would be required to pay you the same wage you receive working 40 hours under all the proposals I've seen.
Pretty cool. College career jobs are going 4 day work weeks and regular jobs are thinking about 32hr work weeks with anything over 32 being paid at time and a half.
If anything this makes people want to college even more!!! Great educated jobs+4 day work weeks+ great pay. Oh man sounds like the dream!
Exactly what I’ve been telling my friends!!! That it would be an amazing award to have to work less days doing a career/degree job !!! Sure would motivate me!!!
I miss 4 day work weeks. Every weekend was a three day weekend, and every other weekend was a three day, pay day weekend!
PS If it's good for You... There are a bunch of wealthy, old white men who hate it. Whatever it is, that's good for You. They hate it.
We're going to a 4-day work week.
Nurses: NOOOOOOO!!!!!
I worked through the pandemic in a manufacturing environment while my family literally took a vacation while working. Thats when I started really hating my place in the economy
I’d jump on a 3 day work week (12hr shift)
The 5-day work week's time is up. A 4-day work week will give people the time to upgrade their skills and start small businesses. A 4-day work week is good for capitalism.
If we shorten the work week then we have to increase wages. I support this but we have to increase wages as well.
I would love a 4day work week
The unintended consequence of said bill will undoubtedly result in being paid less for working 32 rather than 40 hours… OBVIOUSLY, while simultaneously making it very difficult to actually get any overtime
What? Work 4 days and 10 hours a day, don't lose any hours
Interesting insights! I think a few large organizations have to put this to practice to show others how it can be implemented effectively. Many colleges have been working a 4.5-day work week for many years, but it's still the same hours.
This is long needed
30 hour work week with a min. of $30,000 a year. I call it the 30/30 plan. A 3 day weekend is a major psychological boost.
This is awesome and sorely needed, people are getting burnt out and if productivity improves it’s a win win. I would rather work 10 hours over 4 days than 8 hours over 5 days.
It would be nice to have a shorter work week. Especially for anyone performing hard labor. Sadly, I don’t think anyones schedule would change, it would only be 8 hours of overtime pay a week. Basically a slight pay raise
I don't disagree with the idea but let business decide that and keep government out of it. Businesses that choose to do 4 days will attract people to work there over business that don't.
For my hourly job I wish my job would be working Monday through Thursday 6am-4:30pm instead of Monday through Friday 6-2:30 but I’m in retail though my position has 6 holidays off and stuff so it would be great to be able to choose 4 10 hour days over 5 8 hour days. Though when I used to work overnight I did 4 10 hour nights
Burnout is so real. A four day work week seems like a great idea to me.
Kim Kardashian: GET TO WORK, NOBODY WANTS TO WORK NOWADAYS
What's going to happen with health benefits if workers aren't working 40 hours to qualify for benefits?
In corporate worlds use the 40 hour week as an insurance exchange. I worked at Nordstrom who had a great reputation as an employer, they would cut your insurance the moment you ticked less than 38 hours a week.
I’m not lazy I want to live my life
I definitely support 4day. It actually makes me more motivated because I’ll have more free time
This would be a huge step toward a reasonable work/life balance in every profession. Have a few more thoughts to share if anyone wants to hear them.
Chronic Understaffing and everything that has resulted from it would have to be addressed, (Unrealistic Expectations, being Set Up to Fail, being compared to previous generations and their work ethic without the advantages they had, etc.). Actual training that works in the real world needs to come back. Achievable goals to boost confidence and morale benefits everyone.
Also the division of labor would need to be reconstructed. I'm not an expert, but do believe it'd be worth the effort. Win/win in the long run. Anyone who wants to debate or contribute to the conversation is welcome. Please remember I'm entitled to an opinion just like you and will delete the whole thread if this gets out of hand.
Edit: I'm not opposed to new technology. I think people who have been overworked for years will realize it frees up their time to do other tasks. They're more likely to embrace it rather than feel threatened. In some cases they could decide to move onto something better suited for them.
I'd love to try that. I am only able to experience this if there was a long weekend holiday. Normally hotel workers have 6 days workweek / 9 hours per day. It's extremely exhausting.
Technology scaled up the productivity of the average worker a few folds, and the consumption rate not by much. The difference in what we produce feeds a selected few in corporate America. I will support a 4 day work week only as a step in the 3 days work week direction.
3 day 12 hour shifts one week and 4 day the 12 hour the second week on a bi-weekly pay period gives the employees the freedom to spend more time with their families and go on mini vacations twice a month
How do we pay bills if its only 4 days a week? What happens to the deadlines that companies want done asap?
did you even watch the video?
@@yamchayaku i did but reality hits different. 🤔
@@CyclingMartialartswithMusic 4 day work weeks are supposed to retain the same pay as a 5 week cycle. They considered this because workers tend to be more productive in the first three days of the week, with the third day being the least productive. By the fourth and fifth day, productivity tends to be a mere fraction of the first day of the week, yet employers have to pay the full amount for the hours worked.
My personal experience dealing with many companies and leading teams, I've already learned that people are only productive for the first 2 hours of the workday. The remaining hours, people's productivity starts to fall off and nearly drops to zero by the final hour. This is also true on Fridays when employees tend to focus more on making it to the weekend than to actually focus on their work.
If your employees are good at completing their tasks before their hours are up, just let them rest instead of piling more work on them. Give them that friday off. Making them stay after finishing a job does the company no favors, and it ultimately just burns out the employee.
Also, if an employer can not trust their employees to complete their jobs, that's the employer's fault for not properly interviewing and screening capable employees. It's symbiotic relationship and it seems employers have forgotten that.
@@yamchayaku i work in healthcare. Deadlines, deadlines deadlines because of Medicare, private insurance. You also cant just do something about dates because its going to mess up their benefits. 🤔
@@CyclingMartialartswithMusic That sounds like something that needs to be dealt with in the administrative aspects. As far as I'm concerned, healthcare is a blazing dumpster fire and the ones in charge there either intentionally trying to gouge people for money, or too dumb to make any noticable changes.
My boss was so surprised to learn most of us wanted a four day work week.
If they can get as much work done in a four day week vs a five day week it seem like they were only doing four days of work.
The lazy continue to get lazier.
To be fair, a lot of people don't get 40 hours of actual work in. There's so much mind wandering, Office chat, USELESS meetings, etc, etc. Not to mention the amount of jobs I've seen that are 40 hours that don't actually give enough work to fill that
Yeah we aren’t robots who operate at full capacity the entire time
it was proven the 5th day was less productive anyway.
Yeah but wouldn’t people get paid less like wouldn’t we need a wage increase if it passes so that 4 days would still make you the same amount of money if you worked 5 days?
Alexander Valencia-If it passed you would make the same amount of money in 4 days as you did in 5 days😏
4 Days/10 hours a day would work, but not 4 days/8 hours a day.
Everyone needs time for their family.
It's called shifts. Mon thru Thurs for some people and Thursday thru Sunday for others. Everyone can get 4 days, stop tryna make excuses. It can be done
Yes please
Notice how the people talking against this are all high business people whose arguments boil down "It would be bad. Why? Because I'm saying it would. Trust me."
They are saying "it will raise inequality because poor people get paid by the hour" but why do poor people get paid by the hour? Because the greedy business people don't want to hire full-time personnel that they would have to pay a salary and give benefits to, so they make the majorityof their work force either half-time by-the-hour employeesor even worse "contractors" that aren't even considered employees. So just pass a law saying that at least 90% of all employees of a company *necessarily* have to be *full-time salaried employees* and watch their *only* argument against the 4-day week fall to the ground along with people's quality of live improving *immediately.*
Not just high business people ( corporations), but non profit as well. Schools employ many part-time employees and substitutes who get paid very low wages with no benefits ( we only hear about the teachers on the media). The scheme many times is to underemploy people ( ex. 7 hours a day Monday through Friday) so that these employees do not get benefits at all and makes it harder to get a second job. Hardly anyone ever mentions this.
Yeah till companies only let you work 32 hours a week and bring on extra employees and never pay over time. I'll keep my 5 days a week and my current pay check, thanks.
Well that will be lovely for the people who actually have work.
We can hardly get products into stores and people want to work even less hours? Imagine how bad shortages would be if people started doing this.
It doesn't matter it would work alright
I work 13 days on 1 day off And it’s terrible but I need it, that’s the only job near me, any other job is like 10-12 dollars an hour, sooooo hands are tied lol. I’m happy I have an understanding wife, as soon as the kids get older I’m gonna have to look somewhere else
Yeah I’m cool with it but I’d like 32 hours a week with the same 40 hour pay I get. The solutions given so far cut your pay or you work 10 hours 4 days a week and that’s just not dooable with kids.
My work schedule for the company i work for is 10 hour days Monday through Thursday and optional 6 hour day Friday if you want over time or need to catch up.
It's actually very nice, I can do everything I need to do in one day or just a extra day to relax.
Four days at 10 hours a day? Seems like six of one and half a dozen of the other.
inflation is occurring because companies are profit greedy and decided to raise prices I order to make up for lost cash during pandemic despite they are not struggling at all, its abhorrent how capitalism, unchecked, is ruining the middle class which could purchase and pay off a house in 10 years, not it takes a whole life time to pay odd one property thanks to the poor use of our tax dollars in Congress, rich people right off everything, middle class is taxed for everything, now the corporations are whining about their workers actually wanting to have a life for the meager wage growth they receive every year at a company after working 50 hours or more because a company refuses to hire enough people so vacations, and sick leave are not a problem for their workers
And not 4 days with 12 hours
The only issue I have is if they cut you off at 32 hours that is exactly what these companies will do and not give you overtime hours making your weekly pay much less and none of us can afford less money...
We don't need extra days off we need better ;far ;and stable pay with good health benefits ( heck maybe companies could pay that, that would be a huge help) and good vacation and sick time off with pay...
you don't have to stop at 32 hours. you can work 4 10 hour days to get your full time.
@@kyleroberts1276 but if a company cuts you off at 32 and have to pay overtime for the remaining 40 hours they aren't going to want to do that, that's my whole point.
Honestly if they switch to a four-day week and that should be fine for every job and and for the jobs that he was talking about garbage man and so on and so forth those kind of people that are dated a people should also have a four-day week with a chance of getting overtime and also get call-in pay on that day if the company needs them to work it
Yeah until you work at a shop and they "say" they are a four day a week company but then you work Friday anyways for overtime.
I am all for it... Would love to see the argument against it. Let's see who's gonna come up with one.
It’s about time!! Long overdue! I did a project on this in college…all those hours are not healthy mentally or physically companies get all of our time. 32 hours is more than enough time…please don’t try to cram 40 hours into 4 days because that can cause more burn out. If 48 hours can be shortened to 40 then 40 can be shortened to 32…I really hope this becomes normalized
I hope this reaches schools
No problem.
Just as long as you're willing to work 10 hours on those four days.
Two day a week is better! 12 weeks of hoilday pay helps too.
Most companies I've worked with can't even handle production in 6 days. And illegally force people to come to work even at Sunday...
I work 7 days a week.
Just to make a little for me and my Family.
But one day.. I'll be free.
Truth is they companies would have to increase pay and hire more people to compensate and corporate greed won't allow it. There are variables of course but imagine how McDonalds would have to adjust to keep the store open 7 days a week when an employee is working 4 days instead of 5. You need another person to fill that gap. Both need to have higher base pay to maintain the same yearly gross and even though McDonald's can afford it, they aren't likely to do it. I think we need to figure out how to get these corporations to stop being so damned greedy.
Bingo
Making Codetermination the law of the land (like they do in Germany) would conclusively quash corporate greed.
What about 4, 9 hour shifts?
So they pay less?
This won't pick up in the trades I'm afraid.
Three days off is so much better. Two days to refresh and one day to get things done 💪🏽. I would never go back to a job with a 5 day work week.
Kids work more...
The four day workweek is only good if we provide free healthcare and housing to all those who RELY ON THE workers of the 4 day workweek. Its a whole food chain with the poorest being hit the hardest. And some people are working as much as they can pulling 12-16 hour shifts. Its a dumb idea
A 4 day work week is foolish. Decrease the length of the work day. 7hrs max
Where do I sign the petition
How do I sign the petition
If employees want a 20% reduction in work are they also willing to reduce pay by 20%?
Wages go up
This is a GREAT idea! More time for SELFCARE!!