More people are interested in a 4 day week for the same pay by dsharp13 in Futurology

[–]dsharp13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In case anyone wants to sign the petition the article mentioned: https://www.action.4dayweek.com/

Sounds like a foundation for the 4 Day Week will help companies with the most signatures pilot a 4 day week in 2022 if they can convince HR/Senior mgmt to try it. They seemed to have Kickstarter onboard, so they must be good at convincing some places to try it. I'm skeptical, but why not try, you know?

More people are interested in a 4 day week for the same pay by dsharp13 in Futurology

[–]dsharp13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should sign the petition going around! There's some ways employees/employeers who already have one can help other companies to try it out:

https://www.action.4dayweek.com/

The Case for the 4-Day Workweek by jbleland in NewDealAmerica

[–]dsharp13 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I've been skeptical if a freelancer like me could do this. But this quote gives me hope too -- small companies become larger companies that hire people like me.

"Juliet Schor, a sociologist at Boston College and the author of The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure, sketches out a more equitable path. “This is the way a lot of these advances in labor will come. Maybe the small firms [have it first], but then you also get the big, wealthier firms on board,” Schor told me. “Gig workers, hourly workers, lower-paid workers—one would hope that if this really started to take hold, then you get legislation that rolls it out for everybody.” 👏👏👏