Finnish PM calls for a 4-day-week and 6-hour-day

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[–]RatherSmallPotato 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (14 children)

Been tried, there's a productivity boost for 2 weeks and then it goes down drastically.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Actually the Netherlands has higher productivity in 25 hours a week than the US does in 50

[–]Chipit 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Oh look, it's a Dutch out to tell us how much America sucks and how superior Holland is.

How unusual.

[–]Tiwaking 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

  • Netherlands

  • Shits on America

  • Imports Rapefugees and Terrorists

DOESNT PAY ITS FUCKING NATO MILITARY BILL

Fucking Ingrates.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No I'm an American who desperately wishes we had the Dutch system because the US system is nutters and I'm tired of seeing people worked to death for peanuts

[–]DffrntDrmmr 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

I just googled to see productivity rankings and briefly looked at several sources, and all of them rank the United States higher than the Netherlands.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

GDP per capita per hour is higher in the netherlands. And also GDP per person is higher, meaning they produce more in 25 hours than americans do in 50, probably because they're not so tired all the time!

[–]DffrntDrmmr 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Again, not from what I saw. I looked at the top 5 or so Google results that ranked worker productivity by country, and the US ranked higher in each of them.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I guess you're right, thanks for the correction: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita

But they're closed, ranked 10th and 12th here. And then when you consider the GDP per hour, the netherlands is getting much more bang for the buck because they're matching the US but only working 25 hours a week instead of 40-50. I wish we could bring that level of free time to the US

[–]RatherSmallPotato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

But they don't work 25 hour weeks in the Netherlands. Where did you get that number?

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/infographic-this-country-has-the-worlds-shortest-work-week/

[–]RatherSmallPotato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That just means there are a lot of part-time workers. If you sign a contract for any normal job it will be 40 hours a week.(maybe 35, like Norway, not sure). But not 25 or 29.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes but in the Netherlands you can ask for less hours at your job and receive proportionally less pay, and the employer has to approve this if you ask. So a lot of them are actually full-time jobs, just worked with less hours.