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Work as an end in itself

My bet is that any move towards a four day work week especially in the white collar sectors, is going to be stymied by employees themselves, because of this

“We value work more than any other culture in the history of the world,” he said. “We value work as an end in itself.”

What if you had a four-day work week? Why don’t you?

Chances are high that a plurality of people in your circles of friends view work and their title/role in the company as a large part of their identity.

Add to that the fact that in countries like India, the urban outdoors are oppressive and public spaces nonexistent. For many, their offices are the cleanest, most orderly, most comfortable spaces in their lives apart from their homes. In large domaine is it’s also where they’d find their community. It’s likely they’d – by default – want to spend time there.

I’m all for a shorter work week and support any well thought out policy to make it the norm. In the long run it’ll make for a much more rounded, calmer and less divided society. It’s that even though we’re probably in the best time ever to experiment with it broadly, there are too many cultural factors militating against it – from workers themselves.