Stop Selling Ideas in the Name of Productivity
It’s a desperate plea to please capital owners anyways…
I’ve been extremely frustrated hearing about positive movements like four-day work weeks, fewer working hours, etc., being promoted as “more productive.” Look, I get workers want these things, and this is probably the best way to convince a tyrant CEO to show some pity. However, that’s the problem: the people shouldn’t have to bend backward to appease the lust for profits.
Productivity
Regarding lines on graphs, workers are getting the short end of the stick. Point to any metric, the treatment of workers isn’t up to snuff with how things have grown and expanded over the years. The only charts rich people cling to are the ones that don’t consider inflation. Otherwise, every piece of evidence points to workers being more productive in fewer hours with the same pay for more skilled roles.
We’re already behind by decades, and we don’t need to prove any more worth in terms of productivity.
Things like four four-day work weeks should exist if pay remains the same. Otherwise, pay should skyrocket for the same number of hours on increased output. That shit shouldn’t go into the riches pocket. The best part is the second you state this shit, fucking gone or, worse, arrested for…
