Current Events > People over 40 shouldn't work more than three days a week, says study

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https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/people-over-40-most-productive-when-working-three-days-a-week

Millennials won't care because this only affects old people
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Nobody should work more than 3 days a week unless they're getting time and a half to do so

TC: The unfulfilled life
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No surprise there.
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REMercsChamp posted...

TC: The unfulfilled life

Deep down we all want to be NEETs, brother

Damn_Underscore posted...

Millennials won't care because this only affects old people

10 years and they be over 40
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Not sure how what is reported in that article leads to that conclusion.
Yes, their cognitive abilities lessen, but given that they are working, they are more productive at that job than if nobody was working there.
Unless the argument is that we all work 24-hour work weeks and they just ramp up their employee base, but then how will we afford to live? We'd need aid.

Profit incentive here doesn't directly care about their health, either, so their cognitive abilities and health being hurt is largely irrelevant. As long as what they stay at remains profitable, they will be incentivized to be put to work.
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Dragon239 posted...

Not sure how what is reported in that article leads to that conclusion.
Yes, their cognitive abilities lessen, but given that they are working, they are more productive at that job than if nobody was working there.
Unless the argument is that we all work 24-hour work weeks and they just ramp up their employee base, but then how will we afford to live? We'd need aid.

Profit incentive here doesn't directly care about their health, either, so their cognitive abilities and health being hurt is largely irrelevant. As long as what they stay at remains profitable, they will be incentivized to be put to work.

We can be paid a fair wage and instead of a $750 billion dollar military budget they can work on a UBI

Dragon239 posted...

Not sure how what is reported in that article leads to that conclusion.
Yes, their cognitive abilities lessen, but given that they are working, they are more productive at that job than if nobody was working there.
Unless the argument is that we all work 24-hour work weeks and they just ramp up their employee base, but then how will we afford to live? We'd need aid.

Profit incentive here doesn't directly care about their health, either, so their cognitive abilities and health being hurt is largely irrelevant. As long as what they stay at remains profitable, they will be incentivized to be put to work.

tl;dr: BUT WHAT ABOUT CORPORATE PROFITS?

M_Live posted...

Well sure, but then you're poor because you work part time.

it's called cutting costs to live within means. if it isn't enough we need more hours or another job.
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So let me see if I've got this right about the TC

- Wakes up at 4am on workdays to workout for a few hours before going to work
- As a result, has no energy to actually apply himself to work
- Job involves zoning out, drawing rectangles, browsing GameFAQs
- Gets warned about job performance regularly
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REMercsChamp posted...

So let me see if I've got this right about the TC

- Wakes up at 4am on workdays to workout for a few hours before going to work
- As a result, has no energy to actually apply himself to work
- Job involves zoning out, drawing rectangles, browsing GameFAQs
- Gets warned about job performance regularly

Just think of the pump I could get if I worked two hours later.

Two additional hours of accessory work would get me a killer body

cmiller4642 posted...

We can be paid a fair wage and instead of a $750 billion dollar military budget they can work on a UBI

Yeah.

clearaflagrantj posted...

tl;dr: BUT WHAT ABOUT CORPORATE PROFITS?

Trust me, I don't support them.
I'm just saying the conclusion doesn't follow given the (capitalist) environment. Not many people in charge are going to see this study and give a s***, because their workers working at a reduced capacity still generates profit, and if we try to argue that 24-hour work weeks is the most efficient on a "hours worked:wages paid" ratio, we'll get boned out of the money to survive as we just get strangled down to 24 hour work weeks.
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If it was more profitable to have people work 3 days per week instead of 5, then corporations would be doing it. I'm sure people are happier, more efficient and can think clearer with less hours, but that's all meaningless if it's not better for the company's bottom line.
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Dragon239 posted...

Not sure how what is reported in that article leads to that conclusion.
Yes, their cognitive abilities lessen, but given that they are working, they are more productive at that job than if nobody was working there.
Unless the argument is that we all work 24-hour work weeks and they just ramp up their employee base, but then how will we afford to live? We'd need aid.

Profit incentive here doesn't directly care about their health, either, so their cognitive abilities and health being hurt is largely irrelevant. As long as what they stay at remains profitable, they will be incentivized to be put to work.

Sounds like a good reason to hire more people then.
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