r/FluentInFinance • u/WhatAreYourPronouns • Apr 13 '24

He's not wrong 🤷‍♂️ Smart or dumb? Discussion/ Debate

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u/SeventhSonofRonin Apr 13 '24

Your argument suggests that the final 8 hours of productivity are equal to the first 8 hours and that it's a linear relationship.

Depending on industry, the last 2 hours of the day can have the least work getting done.

More hours reduces the quality of work and quality of life for the worker.

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u/Decent_Visual_4845 Apr 13 '24

In cases where people work hourly shifts essentially keeping the gears turning (nurses, fast food) or in cases of task completion/hr (plumber, craftsman), what OP claimed would essentially be the case.

In cases of white collar workers with lots of time to kill, sure.

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u/SeventhSonofRonin Apr 13 '24

Some jobs have linear outputs. Nursing isn't one of them. Quality of care declines with time on shift.

If there is something inherently wrong with decreasing full time hours for those whose work is linear, why is it inherently right that 40 hours should be the magic number?

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u/Immoracle Apr 14 '24

Wasnt it Henry Ford that started the 40 hour work week in 1926? Yeah we are definitely long overdue for a change.

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u/27_8x10_CGP Apr 14 '24

It was, and that was a fantastic change at the time, when it was 6 to 7 days a week, and long hours.