4-day week Posted by Goncal on 05-Jul-2005 - Day(s) left: 15109
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The majority of the developed world countries will have officially implemented a 4-day working week, by 2050. Working one day less not only induces social, intellectual, and health benefits for individuals and families, but it is also positive for business and society on a whole. Let’s bear in mind that our present capitalist society would look very different had we decided to continue with a 6-day working week. If the weekend was still one-day, think about the reduced importance of the following sectors: tourism, catering, transport, real estate, entertainment, publishing, cinema, and shopping malls… With the emergence of ultra-fast communication means, and the automatisation and robotisation of numerous tasks, productivity continues to increase, therefore allowing less time spent working without jeopardizing the stability of the economy. This gives room for governments and corporations to authorise a substantial decrease in the amount of time spent at work by employees and civil servants. As Western societies tend towards more emphasis on distraction and entertainment, a supplementary weekly day off is a natural, logical, and somewhere inevitable progression. It will be first implemented by a few innovative countries and, gradually, it will gain momentum. Google is already doing that today.
I don't think 7-day week will go away unless other predictions fall into place, so I guess yes, it is a prediction.
But I do disagree with a 4-day work week causing less traffic. While the traffic jams morning and evening may dissappear on that day, traveling goes way up on weekends.
To add to this prediction, I will say if this happens, then schools will also go to 4 days a week, year round.
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