Should 30 hour working weeks be a thing?

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In 2016, Sweden introduced a 30 hour week for many people. It is also common in some parts of Europe too. Other places in the world range between  35 – 40 hours per week and some countries like japan and China even do 40 – 50 hours a week.

Here's a graph of the %age of workers that do more than 50 hours a week (notice how Europeans have lower hours)


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-introduces-six-hour-work-day-a6674646.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-10/the-six-hour-workday-works-in-europe-what-about-america

The benefits:
-   Higher productivity
-   Less exhausted workers
-   Less screwing around in the office (sometimes people say only have 6 hours of work, but screw around for 2 hours)

I now bring this to you..... Should 30 hour working weeks be a thing? why?

I whole heartedly support the notion of 30 hour working weeks! More free time, less stress and people don't need need to stay in the office that long anyway to finish a job (at times)

[The Special One]

Nah. Nothing wrong with the system we have now,  I wouldn't want lazy workers with workhours that low as an employer

30 hours is too little 50 hours is too much we have a nice middle ground.

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Nah. Nothing wrong with the system we have now,  I wouldn't want lazy workers with workhours that low as an employer

30 hours is too little 50 hours is too much we have a nice middle ground.

I disagree =). There obviously is a better model out there.

http://time.com/4621185/worker-productivity-countries/

Many European nations top the list in terms of productivity.. so I guess less hours != lazy workers?

[Joseph41]

Are you getting paid less?

[The Special One]

I disagree =). There obviously is a better model out there.

http://time.com/4621185/worker-productivity-countries/

Many European nations top the list in terms of productivity.. so I guess less hours != lazy workers?

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Ok well A major reason for the low annual hours worked in Europe is a relatively high amount of paid annual leave and the European Union actually has enacted legislation to force countries to cap the max number of hours.

Countries like the UK opted out and economic powerhouses like the US and China have no such laws.

Many taxation problems arise as the coutiedntoi posted have a very high personal income  tax and corporate tax.

I won't get into the nitty gritty but imo we are better off the way things are very good work life  balance