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minus-squareDigDoug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up129arrow-down1·6 days agoWhen the 40 hour work week was brought in, working men were expected to have a wife at home to do all the household labour. “8 hours for what we will” gets eroded pretty quickly now that both of you are expected to work.
minus-squareElderReflections@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up61·6 days agoIt’s also non-consecutive. 8hrs split over morning & eve feels much shorter
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·6 days agoAnd lunch used to be included in the 8 hours of work. And paid. Now it’s an unpaid hour you can’t really use. Wholesale theft.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoHow early do you get up? I only get up in time to grab a coffee and a snack before work.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 days agoNo small kids, I take it? Take away about 5–7h every day from the “what you will” pool. And/or rest pool.
minus-squareElderReflections@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoAh, well, I’ve been self-employed working from home since 2005, so I get up anywhere between 7:00am-9:30am depending on how bright it is outside
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 days agoYeah how the fuck am I supposed to get 8 full hours of Rimworld without someone here to cook me chicken tenders?
When the 40 hour work week was brought in, working men were expected to have a wife at home to do all the household labour.
“8 hours for what we will” gets eroded pretty quickly now that both of you are expected to work.
It’s also non-consecutive. 8hrs split over morning & eve feels much shorter
gotta take away commuting time as well
And lunch used to be included in the 8 hours of work. And paid. Now it’s an unpaid hour you can’t really use.
Wholesale theft.
How early do you get up? I only get up in time to grab a coffee and a snack before work.
No small kids, I take it? Take away about 5–7h every day from the “what you will” pool. And/or rest pool.
Ah, well, I’ve been self-employed working from home since 2005, so I get up anywhere between 7:00am-9:30am depending on how bright it is outside
Yeah how the fuck am I supposed to get 8 full hours of Rimworld without someone here to cook me chicken tenders?