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What would a 3 hour work day be like? (midwest.social)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It often feels like there are only 3 productive hours in typical American white collar work day.

What if we just cut out the rest?

Edit: Some great responses. So responses must have also been said about the 5 day and 40 hour work weeks.

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure I could condense my work like that. If I have 3 hours of work I want at least 4 hours to do it in. And if you decide you can condense it, employers will simply double everyone's workload, and we are not computers. Maybe 3 hours of work is all anyone can do in a day, and some of us can do it in 3:15 but most of us like to spread it over 8. Plus there are insights that only come in non-active time, again, we aren't machines.

[–] ben_dover@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

i think there's a different "sweet spot" for everyone. i agree, doing 3h of productivity in 3h is hard enough, but i wouldn't necessarily need to stretch it over 8h, i'd do fine with 5-6h. my last work hours tend to be the most unproductive ones anyway