"A society where you only have to work three days a week, that's probably OK," Bill Gates said.

Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where ‘machines can make all the food and stuff’ isn’t a bad idea::“A society where you only have to work three days a week, that’s probably OK,” Bill Gates said.

  • umami_wasabi@lemmy.mlEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    But are we still paid the same? Otherwise it would be working 2 jobs which one during “weekends”. Much worse.

      • Lmaydev@programming.devEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        But it would double the amount of jobs in other sectors as well.

        Lots of industries can’t just stop 4 days a week.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          I think a lot of industries that aren’t attractive right now would be more attractive with shorter hours. Which would mean they could hire more people.

          • Lmaydev@programming.devEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Exactly. Would require we invest in educating people properly rather than setting them up for minimum wage jobs because we need them filled.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              Some of them could be filled by people right now, such as teachers and nurses who left the field because they felt overworked (and underpaid).