21 hour work week

[^^vampire^^]

I would honestly put in more effort if the days were shorter. I find myself wasting about an hour a day on browsing.
The biggest problem is commuting to the office. If people in IT were allowed to work from home I think results would be better. I personally hate the fact of having to go to an office because of the following:
* 30 Minutes - eat, bath and get dressed
* 60 Minutes - drive to work
* 8 hours - working
* 60 minutes - lunch break
* 60 minutes drive home.

That's 11h 30m I spend every day dedicated to task revolving around me going to work.

Working from home:
* 1 minute - get up go to computer
* 3-4 hours - do work quickly and efficiently so I can use my time to do other stuff I want to do

There we go: cut down 11h 30m a day to 4h 1m

 

[^^vampire^^]

The idea is that you would share your workload with another employee who also has a 21 hour week so between you both, 42 hours of work gets done a week. This is how it would help ease unemployment - double the number of jobs!

For 50% of the pay. I don't think this is feasable as many people are struggling already.

 

[cerebus]

The idea is that you would share your workload with another employee who also has a 21 hour week so between you both, 42 hours of work gets done a week. This is how it would help ease unemployment - double the number of jobs!

Are you being serious? It took 1 1/2 years to fill my post and that of my colleague in my present department. Unemployment in skilled sectors wouldn't be improved that much by adding more job vacancies.

 

[Naks]

France did exactly that in the late 80s to alleviate unemployment. They instituted a maximum 30-hour week IIRC.

There is more work, more spending in the economy, which leads to more growth, everyone wins

21 hours is a bit far-fetched IMHO.