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submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Hard to believe but the 40hr week is an improvement

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (2 children)

We went relatively quickly from 12h day to 10h and then 8h. And we stopped there for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Worse, they normalised 2 adults per household working 8 hours per day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I believe you mean 2 adults, working 8 hours with an unpaid lunch meaning 9 hours out plus commute.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It is pretty sad that we haven't had any progress in 100 years despite all the technological marvels.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Maybe we had some progress but a class that is not the working class keeps all the money?
We will never know.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We can do better though.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

I hope we do. I started working for myself and I've only got my tools on maybe 30hrs a week now, it's pretty great. Most days I can put in a solid 5 or 6 hours and be good. I want that for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Likely only compared to the industrialisation era:

https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_workweek.html