The five-day workweek was made up. What if we changed it?

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People are currently leaving the workforce by the millions, suggesting that they need a better balance between work and life. This animated explainer delves into a brief history of the invention of the 40-hour workweek during the Industrial Revolution, the burnout crisis and culture of overwork that was already unfolding before the Pandemic hit, and some alternative options like the four-day workweek, the five-hour workday, asynchronous work, and other ideas that companies are employing today to attract a workforce. Read more: wapo.st/3pK85Ma. Subscribe to The Washington Post on RU-vid: wapo.st/2QOdcqK
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6 мар 2022

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@blkacdevl2517 2 года назад

I'm all for changing the work week. It's scientifically proven that sleep is an important part of our health. We also have to change employers being able to make employees work OT. All extra work hours should be voluntary.

@YouTubeCensorsEverything 2 года назад

Corporate influencers would fight this too hard. Its difficult enough getting workers health care, fair wages, and vacation time. They prefer slaves they can wip and analysis of how to manage proper wiping of slaves.

@kenster8270 2 года назад

I used to work a company where everybody was on 80% contracts (=4 workdays per week). I was still making a living wage obviously, and the flexibility to spend my weekly day off to run errands, do chores, book doctor's appointments, do some home improvement, or even go to job interviews for other companies without having to request a day off gave each one of us such freedom! But of course, not everyone was allowed to take off Fridays or Mondays every single week, so we had a rotating schedule, otherwise there would've no one left to man the ship on those two weekdays. :)

@kenster8270 2 года назад

And yes, I am indeed European. I yes, I do realize that living in the US is a lot like living in Latin America in terms of politics and workers' conditions and work-life balance and housing conditions and health-related matters such as nutritional value of food.

@trentmeredith2354 Год назад

Great video , 90% of the men at my work pride themselves on working their body’s into a heart attack mush 12 hours, 5 days a week doing hard labor construction.

@vivekm7971 Месяц назад

In India, we corporate slaves (specifically banks) are made to work 13 hours for 6 days or even 7 days a week

@jyip4436 8 месяцев назад

I work 10 hrs a day, 4 days a week. I’m loving it as I have long weekend every week 😊

@Rave_believe Месяц назад

This needs to changed now. Ppl are suffering from depression, suicide just because of moneyand jobs

@TheCommunicationCoach 2 года назад

Well, of course it's 'made up.' Did you think we were born this way? It's also 5/7ths of one's week, not 40 hours. People should get 4-10s or 3-12s, they're much better.

@claireblot5871 8 месяцев назад

i need the transcript? how do I get this please?

@ReneMedia 29 дней назад

I moved to SE Asia and now can even be fine with minimum wage on 3 days a week. Still live a better life than most people earning median wages fulltime back home.

@TheCommunicationCoach 2 года назад

Go to Daylight Savings time and stay there. Enough of dark at 4p in winter.

@christianchellis9057 11 дней назад

I thought if we eliminate the weekend and we all have different days off work/school, everything would be better

@radic888 20 дней назад

It's way overdue.

@yongchen4158 Год назад

Blanched works and social life

@mahjy Год назад

If 4 days work a week, which one is better? Work on Mon~Thu then weekend.. or Mon~Tue, Thu~Fri work?

@samanthahardy9903 Год назад

It depends on your personal circumstances as to which days to work and which days to not work. For some people having a long weekend is better, however other people would prefer to other days off. Personally I don't mind but would love to have a 4 day work week working less hours for the same pay.

@ShrunkedDude 10 месяцев назад

Would rather have Wednesday off so you're only in 2 days at a time. Feel like 4 days at work in a row would still would drag on,

@jakebarton3341 9 месяцев назад

Both sound like heaven compared to 5... But I'd say having every Wednesday and weekend would be best to keep energy levels high and stop the bipolar thinking and Sunday blues. Because you'll only ever have to work two days in a row as suppose to 4

@misledyouth7613 2 года назад

god i hope so

@ultra_axe7812 2 года назад

Hah, imagine working on land. Love my 4week on 4week of 84 hour weeks

@ryanthepianoman27 2 года назад

Wow your rich!

@ultra_axe7812 2 года назад

@@ryanthepianoman27 guess again bucko, deckhand sailing inland in Norway

@dalemaegornez 16 дней назад

Greedy employers would not agree to this

@aceryanprajinog1510 Год назад

mas gugustohin na lng nila mag negosyo pero papaano ang mga nasa baba ? sila ang gagawin ng mga muklo na katulong mga ijo

@MegaMissfitz Год назад

Im still available 7 days a week excluding thurs & sunday evenings due to deep trance meditations! & musical memory trigger therapy! Sweet dreams 😤🎧😘

@aceryanprajinog1510 Год назад

darating ang panahon na wala ng gustong magtrabaho jan na papasok ang community ng mga robot kahit ngayon robot na ang gumagawa ng gawain para sa tao pero pag nalaman ng tao yan buong mundo magkakagulo kahit na alam ko iilan lang ang maliligtas nasa book of parang wala lng kasi wilab ako sa paningin nyo darating ang panahon na AI na lng ang magtatrabaho

@christianchellis9057 11 дней назад

8 hours for lesiure? Yeah right.

@isaacmathison6559 3 месяца назад

Yes! Let’s move to a 6 day workweek, we only need a day to rest and rejuvenate before heading back to work. I don’t agree with weekends.

@gerbilkill Год назад

It's still to much

@TheRealValus Год назад

What if "we" didn't do anything, and "allowed" individuals to negotiate freely amongst themselves. We can call it Voluntary Exchange, or Free Enterprise, or The Free Market; something like that. Yes, it's radical, I know. Maybe still too far ahead of its time. I dunno. Any takers?

@SpongebobsRippedPant Год назад

Lol poverty would sky rocket. Many would be homeless.

@Warrenmitchum Год назад

@@SpongebobsRippedPantso we could weed out the week?

@Warrenmitchum Год назад

Weak*

@erinmorash9334 Год назад

@@Warrenmitchum I define the 'weak' as anyone who cannibalizes fellow human beings by seeing them only as physical/mental cogs to be pushed through profit machines.

@samanthahardy9903 Год назад

@@SpongebobsRippedPant Poverty and homelessness is already increasing anyway.

@Drakemiser Год назад

The five hour work week was created by God, not unions.

@samanthahardy9903 Год назад

God worked 6 days and on the 7th day he rested to admire all that he created. According to the Bible anyway. That's why a lot of Christians don't work on Sundays and those of the Jewish faith don't work on Saturdays. It's supposed to be a day of reflection and reserved for attending church or a synagogue. However, the way I see it is this. As God isn't that busy on that 1 day of the week then maybe he is more likely to listen on his rest day. (Although I'm sure he listens regardless of whatever day of the week it is.)😂

@Drakemiser Год назад

@@samanthahardy9903 I think I was a victim of spell check. Yes Saturday is supposed to be a day of rest. Sunday was made up by the Catholic Church because it suited Romans better. I’m not a Seven Day Adventists; that’s just history. But the point I was trying to make is that God made the work week, and any time we drift away from that, things get harder.