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mk · 4150 days ago · link · · parent · post: Jeffrey Kaplan: The Gospel of Consumption, And the better future we left behind
It seems small team companies might really benefit from this flexibility, and large task-based employment (cashier, factory, etc.) might do well with a shorter work day, but as you mention, it's the professional service jobs with a large number of employees that can't manage as well with either. You can't really ask a professor or a lawyer to shorten their work week in a meaningful way. Also, there isn't anything to keep their competition from working to the extent that they can bear.