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  • PhanLo10

    Finland is insane.
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    • Freedom isn't free; didn't she get the memo?ideaist
    • Freedom costs exactly 8hrs per day, 5 days per week.nb
    • Reduce your paycheck by 25% and do it.Hayoth
    • 8 hours workday... Hahaha!! Those politicians...OBBTKN
    • the future... fuck convervatives.neverscared
    • 8-hour work day? Ha!
      Clearly, our Ms Marin has never worked in an ad agency.
      Continuity
    • Tell that to people doing real work. Construction projects will take 20 years, Stores will go out of business.doggydoggdog
    • So you think that everyone works the same six hours and four days? Smooth logic there, brainiac.face_melter
    • I supoose you think that people will die because surgeons and doctors will all knock off at 3?face_melter
    • People get 8hours work a day! I'm working way too many hours then. I need to get out of the advertising industry.Sellies
    • Getting out the ad/web design agency life will definitely have you working less hours. Go inhouse at a tech company. Wish I did it years ago!microkorg
    • If I had my own ceramic, wood work, metal work, or glass blowing studio I'd be more than happy to do 8 hour days, 6 days a week when needed.shapesalad
    • Of course, it'd be my own studio, so if I needed an afternoon off to meet a relative in town etc, I would.shapesalad
    • The idea of 6 hours, 4 days per week is aimed at those in 'non' jobs. What happens at the nuclear power plant, they train more engineers and work more shifts?shapesalad
    • yes of course. you share jobs with your happy coworkers.uan
    • Finnish people work really hard though, unlike other countries.instrmntl
    • i see no problem. there could be 4 shifts a day instead of 3. big deal. it also means employment can go up actually. and more time off for all.renderedred
    • Yes, I’m advocating also the 4 shifts a day instead of 3. people will more productive in the end is my belief.oey_oey
    • Less hours at work, more concentration, free time for oneself and/or family.oey_oey
    • left ad/web agency bullshit 6 yrs ago & currently work between 4 to 5 hours in-house a day, have an insane amount of flexibility and EQUITY, best move ever.necromation
    • been work from home in london just before our first lockdown, probably doing less hours now and achieving greater work.necromation
    • had a review two days ago and the CEO just said "keep doing what your doing" end of review. half term and now going out with daughter for a day out... perfect.necromation
    • Funny how the richer countries work less.Chimp
    • Abolish work.jtb26
    • replace us with robotsNBQ00
    • i only work 3 days a week, have done for 4 years - earn half as much as when i worked in a studio but wouldn't go back.kingsteven
    • I'm not sure why north americans find so much pride in working long/unsustainable hours. Finland's onto something.ben_
    • americans have this thing with slavery, they just cant let go of.moldero
    • /\ lol. it's the same in canada, people wearing lack of any home or social life with so much pride.ben_
    • so weird reading a bunch of people happily getting underpaid to be overworked. idiotsimbecile
    • That will make it easier for the hard working people to get ahead.zarkonite
    • please explain to me how being king of the poor, trapped in a mortgage, car payments, & lifelong "career" of making payments is getting ahead? denial, much? LOLimbecile
    • "my wife resents me, my kids don't know me, but i make 8.3% more than Bob, plus my house is bigger and my car is cooler" get over yourselfimbecile
    • Our MC employees make double what I make, but work 3 times as much and to them it's a badge of honour.ben_
    • read that book from behance ten years ago.. 4.5 hours a day , always around 30 - 2 hours breaks between 90min sessions , tried it.. boostedneverscared
    • my efficency & fun to unreached heights.neverscared
    • 30minneverscared
    • Fuck Me...I work nearly 24 hours on the weekends alone.utopian
    • sheeeeeee-iiiiiit ... I barely put in 30 a week, even though I report 40+monospaced
    • Shorter work weeks and earlier retirement ages are almost always a tactic to decrease the unemployment rate.monNom
    • "Is 8 hours the ultimate truth" is the key detail here. This is a noble aspiration from a productive, successful country.
      Go, Finland!
      Nairn
    • @imbecile: there are lots of well paying jobs. If you want one you'll have to out-do your coworkers, if the baseline is now 25hrs it makes it easier tozarkonite
    • distiguish yourself. I'm not sure what your example refers to but it's true that when you love what you do you don't count the hours and you get good at it andzarkonite
    • that equals more money in the end. The cliche of "turn your hobby into your job" is true, precisely because it will motivate you do outwork everyone else.zarkonite
    • the fact you want to keep putting effort into someone else's profit and need to set yourself above others to prove yourself is not my problem.imbecile
    • your "climb a ladder to nowhere" belief system is flawed. continuing to climb over co-workers for extra gruel is stupidity.imbecile
    • https://i.imgur.com/…imbecile
    • i dunno Zark, "working hard" isn't the same as being good at your job. I don't think working less hours makes one complacent, unless you happen to be.ben_
    • I put in a solid 5-6hrs a day and if I'm being honest sometimes much less. I've been on the other side of the coin and it's not worth it.ben_
    • ahh finally more time for other work projects! : )api
    • imbecile: You sound like you're not too happy about your life, you should try having money it makes things a lot easier. You remind me of my tenants that havezarkonite
    • paid off two of my mortgages for me and still think they have it figured out because "they're not trapped by a mortgage".zarkonite
    • ben_ that depends on what makes you happy, everyone should find their balance for their own happiness. I was merely pointing out the fact that if everyone workszarkonite
    • less it makes it easier to get ahead for those that don't subscribe to that philosophy.zarkonite
    • as long as you understand that the rat race (capitalism as is being discussed) is not good for humanity, have fun winning a race you're running against yourselfimbecile
    • quite the opposite, zark. i don't see money as a goal. i see it as a tool to help. i do not subscribe to i have more, i am better. i have enough to not worry.imbecile
    • my 5 regular vehicles and my normal sized house are fine with me. i like choosing the work i do. being a slumlord isn't an attractive option to me.imbecile
    • "taking advantage" has never really been a work style of mine.imbecile
    • Zark, sure fair and yea to each their own. I never got ahead working more personally, and think it’s unsustainable and unhealthy. I tell my designers/writers/ben_
    • Strategists to put in valuable work... if I see them there late or super early I fear something is wrong, it’s not impressive.ben_
    • Is the argument here suggesting life should be a struggle to earn enough money so you can afford to die? Seems odd. I love Finland even more now.Ianbolton
    • They voted for her. I guess that what they want.pango
    • Finland is cool. A really well balanced society.PhanLo

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