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Been saying for a while now, 20hr full time workweek makes a lot more sense.
Since the 1970s productivity has skyrocketed while wages have remained stagnant. If they don’t want to pay us more, fine I guess, but something has to give.
The critical nuance here is that in America, vitally important healthcare services are tied to your full time employment status. Hey, repugnantcons and turbolibs: if you want us to have more babies, might be time to reconsider this policy entirely.
100% agree. One of the best things that we could do for families is to detach healthcare from employment. Employers shouldn't be able to hold that over you.
2 of the 4 guys in my department are only here for the insurance... They suffer with us in the sweltering heat for a job they don't actually need to do just because insurance is so expensive... Another guy is 68 working in the sanding department getting covered in aluminum dust all day just for the insurance...
They make enough for themselves outside of work that they don't even need to be here. It's so disgusting that people are in this position...
This such a huge point that no one in my life besides my fiance and I seem to harp on. Health insurance being tied directly to your employment is fucking dystopian. It absolutely crushes your ability to protest, strike, fight for rights against your employer, etc. because that can jeopardize your access to healthcare. It makes it so you can't even risk leaving a bad situation at work because they give you healthcare and if the grass isn't greener at some new job or a different lifestyle doesn't work out...then there's no guarantee you can get your job back and get healthcare from them.
It's an abusive relationship for them to hold your well-being over your head and restrict what you can do in life so much.
Remember when everyone was getting paid at the start of COVID to not be at work?? Biggest protests in my life happened all over the country for BLM.
Eh, I think 30hr is totally fine. Just make it a 4-day work week and I'll probably get about the same amount of work done.
Insurance, yes. And I think that's completely BS, how much or where you work should have zero impact on your health insurance. Your employer shouldn't get to pick it, you should get to pick it. If we can separate insurance from employment, I think workers will be a lot less hesitant to leave crappy jobs...
I used to work 3 12s. Basically open to close 3 days a week at the store I worked at. I miss it so much. I don't care if I have to work long days if it means I get more days off. I had so much more time to work on personal projects due thanks to all the flexibility that provided.
Let's just not have babies. That'll teach em!