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minus-squareRandomStickmanlinkfedilink73•1 month agoHard to believe but the 40hr week is an improvement
minus-square@A_Union_of_Koboldslink16•1 month agoI hope we do. I started working for myself and I’ve only got my tools on maybe 30hrs a week now, it’s pretty great. Most days I can put in a solid 5 or 6 hours and be good. I want that for everyone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink36•1 month agoWe went relatively quickly from 12h day to 10h and then 8h. And we stopped there for no reason.
minus-square@CritFaillink32•edit-21 month agoWorse, they normalised 2 adults per household working 8 hours per day.
minus-square@BigPotatolink7•1 month agoI believe you mean 2 adults, working 8 hours with an unpaid lunch meaning 9 hours out plus commute.
minus-squareRandomStickmanlinkfedilink18•1 month agoIt is pretty sad that we haven’t had any progress in 100 years despite all the technological marvels.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•1 month agoMaybe we had some progress but a class that is not the working class keeps all the money? We will never know.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•1 month agoLikely only compared to the industrialisation era: https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_workweek.html
Hard to believe but the 40hr week is an improvement
We can do better though.
I hope we do. I started working for myself and I’ve only got my tools on maybe 30hrs a week now, it’s pretty great. Most days I can put in a solid 5 or 6 hours and be good. I want that for everyone.
We went relatively quickly from 12h day to 10h and then 8h. And we stopped there for no reason.
Worse, they normalised 2 adults per household working 8 hours per day.
I believe you mean 2 adults, working 8 hours with an unpaid lunch meaning 9 hours out plus commute.
It is pretty sad that we haven’t had any progress in 100 years despite all the technological marvels.
Maybe we had some progress but a class that is not the working class keeps all the money?
We will never know.
Likely only compared to the industrialisation era:
https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_workweek.html