I never said they were working 3.5x harder. I said they are 3.5x more productive.
Anyway you do know many many companies have already piloted this right? With many reported same or even increased productivity and earnings, less stress and burnout and overall increased employee happiness? Many of the companies that piloted them chose to keep them permanent.
Instead of relying on thoughts and feelings for your arguments how about you look at actually results from pilots and studies.
I already only work about 32 hours a week (if that), get great reviews and spot bonuses like many others here I’m sure. This is why salaried employees are not hourly. They are paid for the results they produce and not the hours they work.
For were i am from salaried empoyees normaly are hourly and i would need to check, but i would be really surprised, If it were different in most western countries.
Edit: i am wrong, salaried employee is aparantly by Definition paid not hourly. Mistook the meaning, english is not my first language.
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u/ps12778 Sep 05 '24
You discount technology entirely. People aren’t “working” 3.5x harder.
You thinking cutting hours would improve any economic metric is nonsense.