Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to TechnologyEnglish · 23 days agoBernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with itfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square209linkfedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1external-linkBernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with itfortune.comMustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to TechnologyEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square209linkfedilink
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugeelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·21 days agoYou’d only get paid for 4 days though.
minus-squareMBech@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·21 days agoBut if everyone gets paid for 4 days, does it really matter? I haven’t heard a lot of stories about people becoming homeless and starving due to going from 45 hours/week to 37 in the past.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugeelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·21 days agoI know people who have side gigs or two jobs to make ends meet.
minus-squareMBech@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·21 days agoYou’re completely right. In fact, maybe we should force them to work 50 hour weeks on both jobs. That would be much better for their situation.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugeelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoI was saying people have to do that to survive. I didn’t say it was a good thing.
You’d only get paid for 4 days though.
But if everyone gets paid for 4 days, does it really matter? I haven’t heard a lot of stories about people becoming homeless and starving due to going from 45 hours/week to 37 in the past.
I know people who have side gigs or two jobs to make ends meet.
You’re completely right. In fact, maybe we should force them to work 50 hour weeks on both jobs. That would be much better for their situation.
I was saying people have to do that to survive. I didn’t say it was a good thing.