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Who started the 40 hour work week?
How in american did this become the normal standard hours?
The Haymarket Riot of the late 1880s tried to put the 8 hour day into effect but the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 formalized payment of OT at time and a half after the forty first hour was worked.
Management has tried to chip away at this over the years, but the act was never repealed.
How many jobs do you see people standing around looking at their clocks so they can punch out at 8 hours?
What's worse, if you manage to get more work done in less time, you'll still have that gap at the end of the work day and your employer will load you with even more work to fill it in. What a great reward, right? on the other side there are those who always seem so busy but in reality do less work than you.
What's worse, if you manage to get more work done in less time, you'll still have that gap at the end of the work day and your employer will load you with even more work to fill it in. What a great reward, right? on the other side there are those who always seem so busy but in reality do less work than you.
you leave? I don't see why salaried people feel like they have to stay after the work is done
Me too, but I got lucky. Most of my engineering friends work 50 - 60 hours a week, and then take work home with them.
Yes,many teachers do this too. My norm was 50 hours at school and an extra few grading stuff at home. Add in teacher conferences and nights it's closer to 60. A very few teachers work only 45 a week.
I think 40 hours per week is a pretty good number and it will give you a nice work-life balance. However, most of the people work 55+ hours per week and it is pretty much the new standard. When I hire people, I usually measure their capacity based on 50 hour work weeks.
I think an ideal workweek is about 32-35 hours. That's what my husband works most of the time, and it gives him time to do a lot of things he enjoys.
I'm self-employed and work about 20 hours most weeks. Sometimes more, sometimes less.
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