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points by TrackerFF 3 days ago | 0 comments

For years, decades even, employers were straight up offended by the idea of paying someone work 4 days instead of 5 days, while paying them the same. It made zero economical sense to them.

Then companies started testing it out, and have noticed that things like sick leaves plummeted, and that the employees produced the same amount, sometimes even more.

[–] chasd00 2 days ago

I never really understood that and i think it goes back to factory jobs where time was directly tied to widgets produced which was directly tied to sales. If i had a company and the bank account was increasing at an acceptable rate and my customers were happy with my product/service then i wouldn't care how many hours employees put in. As long as customer satisfaction is high and bank account balance keeps going up then what else matters from a business perspective?