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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

It often feels like there are only 3 productive hours in typical American white collar work day.

What if we just cut out the rest?

Edit: Some great responses. So responses must have also been said about the 5 day and 40 hour work weeks.

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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

True, but the whole point of having a shorter work week would be to have more free time wouldn't three jobs kind of defeat the whole purpose? That would just mean I wake up dreading three jobs instead of one...

[-] timmytbt@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

And all the wasted time getting from one job to the next. Even if the travel is all virtual you still have to get setup/organised, put one thing down and pick another up.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

And what happens if job 2 doesn't start for like 2 hours after job 1 and job 3 doesn't start until 3 hours after job 2? That's now a 14 hour day where your either working or getting ready to work with just enough "down time" to not really get too much accomplished... AND you're going to get taxed on each paycheck. That sounds awful

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