[HN Gopher] Four-day workweek makes for healthier, more satisfie...
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       Four-day workweek makes for healthier, more satisfied workers
        
       Author : dabinat
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2025-07-21 18:41 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | Related advocacy groups:
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       | https://www.4dayweek.com/
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       | https://www.4dayweek.co.uk/
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       | https://workfour.org/
        
       | mykarakus wrote:
       | When you think about the increase in productivity per hour
       | worked, a four-day workweek makes even more sense:
       | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/labor-productivity-per-ho...
        
         | rytill wrote:
         | Can you please explain the insight about reduced workweeks you
         | are deriving from what you've linked? It is not obvious to me.
        
         | throw310822 wrote:
         | If I'm not wrong, productivity is measured as economic output/
         | hours worked. It seems pretty obvious that when people decide
         | to reduce the hours worked, they will start pruning the less
         | economically rewarding tasks first. How's that old adage: "work
         | expands to fit the time available".
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         | So I would expect that by cutting the hours, the economic
         | output decreases less than proportionally, and therefore
         | productivity grows.
        
       | giraffe_lady wrote:
       | "But I don't _want_ to cure cancer. I want to turn people into
       | dinosaurs. "
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       | Capital owners don't want healthier, more satisfied workers. They
       | want to maximize the surplus labor from which their wealth is
       | built.
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       | Someone will probably come in with "happier workers will be more
       | optimal for that" and maybe I guess but it doesn't seem that way
       | to me. Doesn't seem that way to the owners either or it would
       | already be like that.
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       | We'll need a labor movement to fight for this, just like our
       | predecessors had to fight and sometimes die for things like the
       | weekend and the eight hour workday.
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       | https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/125/992/944...
        
       | thegrim33 wrote:
       | Hah. Another study where the results are 100% determined from
       | simply surveying the employees afterwards about how
       | happy/stressed/etc they are.
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       | I'll save you the trouble - You'll get the same result with a 3
       | day work week for the same pay. The employees will be nice and
       | happy.
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       | You'll even get the same result if you perform the same study
       | with 2 day work weeks.
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       | Heck, employees will report the highest satisfaction possible,
       | lowest stress possible, if you allow them to work 0 days a week
       | while giving them the same pay.
       | 
       | That's it, the science is settled. 0 day work weeks here we come.
        
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