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By (user no longer on site) OP
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-introduces-six-hour-work-day-a6674646.html
"Sweden is moving to a six-hour working day in a bid to increase productivity and make people happier.
Employers across the country have already made the change, which said the aim was to get more done in a shorter amount of time and ensure people had the energy to enjoy their private lives."
Would you want to only work 6 hour days? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-introduces-six-hour-work-day-a6674646.html
"Sweden is moving to a six-hour working day in a bid to increase productivity and make people happier.
Employers across the country have already made the change, which said the aim was to get more done in a shorter amount of time and ensure people had the energy to enjoy their private lives."
Would you want to only work 6 hour days?"
I do already  |
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Currently I don't work for pay at all.
In my experience a shorter working day results in higher productivity. I have noticed that many, not all, part time staff achieve almost as much as full timers. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I have a very physical job and I am happy to work for 9 hours a day for five days and then spend another 3 hours training after work three days within that week. And have the energy to do a bit of training at the weekend. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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What if you earned enough to pay the bills and still have some fun? Not enough for holidays abroad but enough to buy a cake to sit and eat on a sunny afternoon when everyone else was still in work. |
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"What if you earned enough to pay the bills and still have some fun? Not enough for holidays abroad but enough to buy a cake to sit and eat on a sunny afternoon when everyone else was still in work. "
That is almost exactly what we have done. We've sold our house, bought a smaller one, taken our tiny pensions, and when we work we work the fewest possible hours. We often sit eating cake when other people are at work .
I have cheated slightly because we do get foreign holidays but the money for them comes from a different source that can't be relied on. |
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"I do work six hour shifts in the week but unfortunately it doesn't pay anough so I'm stuck here at work every sat night to make the money up "
That's the problem most people can't afford to live on what six hour days would pay. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I do work six hour shifts in the week but unfortunately it doesn't pay anough so I'm stuck here at work every sat night to make the money up
That's the problem most people can't afford to live on what six hour days would pay."
exactly, there have to give us a big juicey pay raise then I get my weekends free |
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"I do work six hour shifts in the week but unfortunately it doesn't pay anough so I'm stuck here at work every sat night to make the money up
That's the problem most people can't afford to live on what six hour days would pay.
exactly, there have to give us a big juicey pay raise then I get my weekends free "
Keep buying that lottery ticket  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I do work six hour shifts in the week but unfortunately it doesn't pay anough so I'm stuck here at work every sat night to make the money up
That's the problem most people can't afford to live on what six hour days would pay.
exactly, there have to give us a big juicey pay raise then I get my weekends free
Keep buying that lottery ticket "
gave up on those many moons ago, but may have to try again as you got to be in it to win it |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"Currently I don't work for pay at all.
In my experience a shorter working day results in higher productivity. I have noticed that many, not all, part time staff achieve almost as much as full timers. "
I agree.
In one organisation I ran I enforced really strict limits on working hours as I was fed up of presenteeism I had seen in previous organisations. We were hugely productive and still had time for a long fish and chips lunch on a Friday once a month all together.
I keep my day to seven hours as much as possible. I'm more productive than when I used to work regular 12 and 14 hour days and healthier too.
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"I do work six hour shifts in the week but unfortunately it doesn't pay anough so I'm stuck here at work every sat night to make the money up
That's the problem most people can't afford to live on what six hour days would pay."
I have wondered how many jobs really warrant being paid by the hour rather than the product.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I do work six hour shifts in the week but unfortunately it doesn't pay anough so I'm stuck here at work every sat night to make the money up
That's the problem most people can't afford to live on what six hour days would pay.
I have wondered how many jobs really warrant being paid by the hour rather than the product.
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I'm a carer so don't have an end product |
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By (user no longer on site)
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My workload / responsibilities won't change if my hours change. I work as long as I have to to get the job done, which invariably means working way beyond my contracted (and paid) hours  |
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I used to work 12 hours a day. Now I'm in the same job but only 6 hours a day. However having a 4 year old and the school run means im more knackered now than when I worked much longer shifts. Lol! |
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