8 Hour Work Day

Is the eight hour workday too much? Does it work and what would be a better alternative?

From the graph above which i stole from google it shows how little of our adult lives are spent at home or with loved ones. Just curious if their are other systems that people use that a more productive without sacrificing so much time.

Yeah, maybe something better could be deviced. But then again, you have the weekends to make up for the time not spend with the loved ones.

Man Up is the phrase that comes to mind on this subject....

Start a family business, sorted

Originally posted by Sin I AM
Is the eight hour workday too much?

Probably. I'd say 35 hour work weeks need to be instituted but no less.

I want a 30 hour work week. But I also want machines and robots to start doing all of our menial jobs and chores. Like truck driving. Or construction working. Leaves more time for doing whatever. And less room for people.

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I know some places have had a lot of success with 6-7 hour days. Success as in no real loss of productivity and increased employee happiness.

There's some talk of doing 4 days at 9 hours instead of 5 days at 7-8.

My parents both do 4 days at 10 hours, which they find even more exhausting than 8 hours/5 days a week. I know there are some European countries that work much less and take siestas and all that crap, but their economy is a reflection of those reduced hours and efficiency.

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Yes. /thread

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Originally posted by walshy
Start a family business, sorted

But if you do that You are going to be working 24/7!

Originally posted by Flyattractor
[b]But if you do that You are going to be working 24/7! [/B]

It all depends on how long it takes you to automate certain tasks. You may be doing that for a year or two but after that, you may be working 3-4 hours a day.

Originally posted by MS Warehouse
It all depends on how long it takes you to automate certain tasks. You may be doing that for a year or two but after that, you may be working 3-4 hours a day.

Or Achive the dream and just start some interweb company run it for a year and then sell it for BILLIONS to da GoogleMiesters...

Originally posted by Sin I AM
Is the eight hour workday too much? Does it work and what would be a better alternative?

From the graph above which i stole from google it shows how little of our adult lives are spent at home or with loved ones. Just curious if their are other systems that people use that a more productive without sacrificing so much time.

I worked an average 12-14 hour day (two of those hours spent outdoors exercising no matter the weather) for 20+ years, with 24 duty at least twice a month (no overtime) and was deployed to warzones for months or a years at a time.
I have little sympathy for anyone that moans about a 9-5 job in anything other than a rhetorical sense.

To put it another way, if you get 8 hours of sleep per day and you live until the age of 90 you will have slept for 30 of those years.

Originally posted by riv6672
Is 8 hours too much?
Maybe.
But.
It is what it is.

I worked an average 12-14 hour day (two of those hours spent outdoors exercising no matter the weather) for 20+ years, with 24 duty at least twice a month (no overtime) and was deployed to warzones for months or a years at a time.
I have little sympathy for anyone that moans about a 9-5 job in anything other than a rhetorical sense.

For less the minimum wage after all the hours are accounted for.

Originally posted by riv6672
Is 8 hours too much?
Maybe.
But.
It is what it is.

I worked an average 12-14 hour day (two of those hours spent outdoors exercising no matter the weather) for 20+ years, with 24 duty at least twice a month (no overtime) and was deployed to warzones for months or a years at a time.
I have little sympathy for anyone that moans about a 9-5 job in anything other than a rhetorical sense.

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Originally posted by Sin I AM

1.2 Hours caring for others? In this day and age....I seriously doubt it.

Originally posted by Flyattractor
[b]1.2 Hours caring for others? In this day and age....I seriously doubt it. [/B]