I wonder if instead of retirement age we could just do the gradual reduction of hours. I know I’m at the 5-6s age, but feel like I’m on the cusp of 4-6s. The thing is, my knowledge is more valuable than my labor anymore.
Just today my company tried to move forward on a 200k decision — everyone on board. I came in at 10am. I took an hour to really think through the problem they were trying to solve and came up with a different course of action. I brought it to my boss, forcing them to think about it in a different way. By about 3pm, it had made its way through the C Suite and the original deal was cancelled. They will still spend 200k, but now it will be on the right solution, and they won’t spend another 300k fixing their mistake. I left at 3pm.
I don’t need to be there 40 hours/week to get my job done.
Up from 19 million not too long ago. 100 million in a work week. 5.2 billion a year.
Someone needs to be out there producing it. Yeah, it would be great if we could wean ourselves off of it, but then we’d still need people producing and managing whatever replaces it.
Still hate that we think we don’t work enough. There’s so much automation anymore, why are we always pressured to feel like we’re behind?
Give me 4 - 8s brother, I’m tired.
Fuck 4-8s
I want 2-4s
I just want the choice. You work 2-4s, they work 4-8s, I want to work 5-5s.
I wonder if instead of retirement age we could just do the gradual reduction of hours. I know I’m at the 5-6s age, but feel like I’m on the cusp of 4-6s. The thing is, my knowledge is more valuable than my labor anymore.
Just today my company tried to move forward on a 200k decision — everyone on board. I came in at 10am. I took an hour to really think through the problem they were trying to solve and came up with a different course of action. I brought it to my boss, forcing them to think about it in a different way. By about 3pm, it had made its way through the C Suite and the original deal was cancelled. They will still spend 200k, but now it will be on the right solution, and they won’t spend another 300k fixing their mistake. I left at 3pm.
I don’t need to be there 40 hours/week to get my job done.
Ia that 0 hour shifts, 12 hour shifts, or 24 hour shifts? 🤔
I don’t think we can maintain our standard of living and cut down that much. I think 32 hours is definitely doable, and a huge QoL improvement.
The problem is consumables. This photo appears to be an oil worker.
The US burns something on the order of 20 million barrels of oil a day(!)
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=33&t=6
Up from 19 million not too long ago. 100 million in a work week. 5.2 billion a year.
Someone needs to be out there producing it. Yeah, it would be great if we could wean ourselves off of it, but then we’d still need people producing and managing whatever replaces it.