We work too hard and too long in this country and for what, our incomes have been stagnant since the late 1990’s and corporations don’t show much loyalty to their workforce. The American workforce needs to step back from the rat race and spend more time at home with their families.
Reducing the work week to a 37.5 work week could be beneficial in a fragile economy such as ours right now. Over in Europe, this is common practice in countries such as France and Germany. The 37.5 work week leaves employment in a much more equitable situation where more people work fewer hours as opposed to fewer people working more hours. The greater number of people employed means that more people have earnings to deposit into the economy. The more money be generated into the economy re-sparks the engine and unleashes demand for more goods and services which in turn would call for more employees to provide those goods and services.
Actually, what would be ideal,is our country being at full employment with Americans working 37.5 work weeks at better wages. Our workforce living their lives less frenzied and more relaxed. The idea of a long weekend would no longer be a special occasion, the long weekend would become the normal way of life. The children would have more time with their parents, couples would have more time to take care of their home, without the stress of exhaustion making chores a source of arguments and resentment. Families would have more time for their personal lives and each other.
It would be a nice change of pace for our society. We would have time to smell the roses and stress would slowly but surely leave our lives forever. Dream, dream, dream.