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Bernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with it
fortune.com/2026/09/15/bernie-sanders-ai-four-day-workweek-bill/
Replying to @Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
I already work a 4 day work week. 4/10’s. I get up at 3 am. I fight traffic on the way home which doubles or triples my commute time home. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
I think 4/10’s is already doable in a lot of industries but I question why they expect it to continue to be a 40 hour work week, or expect us to be paid more money for less hours. Nothing has trended that way in the entire time I’ve been alive. Feels like a pipedream.
Replying to @atrielienz@lemmy.world
would you rather work 5x8 and fight traffic both ways instead of one?
Replying to @adarza@lemmy.ca
I’ve done that to for a similar job and honestly there’s not much difference as far as rest or relaxation is concerned. At best I can say having the extra week day for appointments is one of the few up sides of 4/10’s.
The extra time per week spent in traffic for a shorter day has its down sides too and they equal out in my experience.
Less frustration in traffic, more frustration from not having the time to come to a more natural stopping point or finish bigger projects. It’s a crapshoot either way.
This is why I mentioned shorter work weeks with less hours and the same pay. That might have more pros than cons.
I’ve worked 4/10’s, 9/80’s, 5/10’s, 5/8’'s and even 6/12’s. That’s not even counting the military. 9/80’s was sort of better in a way especially in conjunction with federal holidays, but even then traffic was a nightmare. Public transit would have been even worse.