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Yes. We absolutely must to return to the office and work 6 day weeks in 12 hours shifts and take one week vacation in a year, evidently not in one go because ca
by jowdones 2y ago
Yes. We absolutely must to return to the office and work 6 day weeks in 12 hours shifts and take one week vacation in a year, evidently not in one go because can't leave the assembly line.
The shareholders must get their dividends!
- hnbad 2y agoIt's funny they mention Germany for size given that until recently there had been a push for popularizing the idea of a 4 day work week (of 8 hour shifts) and it seems only earlier this year there's been an increase in news stories pushing in the opposite direction. Simultaneously the Liberal party repurposed the brand it originally used for its own watered-down UBI proposal as a new label for the existing (means-tested, limited and conditional) social welfare. It feels like we're throwing a lot of progress out of the window with very little pushback.
- carlosjobim 2y agoHey, don't forget that the government needs their taxes just as much as the shareholders need those juicy profits. I wonder if there is anything in common between the people benefitting from the labour of others in this modern economy, hmmmm...