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Young adults are throwing their support behind calls for a four-day workweek.

new national survey from CNBC/Generation Lab of 1,033 people aged 18 to 34 found that an overwhelming 81% of respondents believe a four-day workweek would boost their company’s productivity, while 19% said productivity would decline.

Those results from the “Youth & Money in the USA” survey come amid discussions around the potential benefits of switching from the standard five-day U.S. workweek to a four-day cadence without a pay cut.

Some companies have begun testing the arrangement, and say it has mitigated employee burnout and strengthened business performance.

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[–] Delusional 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Wow who would've thought that spending less time slaving away for unfair wages would boost productivity? Crazy.

Spending 5 days dedicated to serve a company just to barely survive and then only 2 days free from the bullshit and then back at it for another 5 fucking days is just completely insane. It's miraculous to me that more people don't go insane from the pointlessness of it all.