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[–] 114 points 1 year ago (3 children)

“Technology is gonna work to improve us, not just the people who own the technology and the CEOs of large corporations,” Sanders said. “You are a worker, your productivity is increasing because we give you AI, right? Instead of throwing you out on the street, I’m gonna reduce your work week to 32 hours.”

0% chance this wouldn't also come with a 20% pay cut.

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  • [–] 67 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    40% pay cut, those server farms are expensive

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    100% pay cut, and you better say thank you

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Sure, but that's not what's being discussed. Sanders is saying people deserve a 4 day work week at full pay.

    Anyone can negotiate a 4 day work week for a 20% paycut. That's not worth public figures time to discuss.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    I've had a difficult time negotiating this as an American mechanical engineer. There's this bizarre norm of working long weeks even though we get paid way more than most jobs.

    I just want health care and they won't offer it at 32 hours. If I'm missing some obvious trick here, please inform me!

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  • Same here, I'm a computer engineer trying to do 20-30/week. So far the only places that will even talk to me are where I formerly worked full time.

    I've had multiple people suggest that I simply agree to work full time and then just not, but I'm not sure if those folks realize how stressful that can be.

    I wish you luck in your situation!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    If productivity increases by x% they are going to fire x% of the workforce and give the saved money to themselves.

    Or more realistically, they fire x+5 percent, just to see if you work slaves can't be worked a bit harder.

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