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Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day work week
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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2025
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0% chance this wouldn't also come with a 20% pay cut.
40% pay cut, those server farms are expensive
100% pay cut, and you better say thank you
120% paycut, would you not pay a few hours of work for a whole day off?
A voucher for the company produced bag of rice, a place to sleep in the barracks next to the workplace and the “promise” of some definition of healthcare.
Sure, but that's not what's being discussed. Sanders is saying people deserve a 4 day work week at full pay.
Anyone can negotiate a 4 day work week for a 20% paycut. That's not worth public figures time to discuss.
I've had a difficult time negotiating this as an American mechanical engineer. There's this bizarre norm of working long weeks even though we get paid way more than most jobs.
I just want health care and they won't offer it at 32 hours. If I'm missing some obvious trick here, please inform me!
Same here, I'm a computer engineer trying to do 20-30/week. So far the only places that will even talk to me are where I formerly worked full time.
I've had multiple people suggest that I simply agree to work full time and then just not, but I'm not sure if those folks realize how stressful that can be.
I wish you luck in your situation!
Move out of the US?
it's almost as if the US is a shitty place to live O:
Except even with a 20% pat cut it might still be hard to get because any amount of personal time threatens your dedication to their profits.
If productivity increases by x% they are going to fire x% of the workforce and give the saved money to themselves.
Or more realistically, they fire x+5 percent, just to see if you work slaves can't be worked a bit harder.