@Mirza
The fact that you beilieve that they econimy would suffer and that we would be thrown into a recession because people had an extra day of work is irrational. Your aguement rests on the assumption that people would be less productive due to not having to go to work one of the days they are “supposed to”. But…
We have shown that you can still work just as many hours which equals same amount of work. Due to the continuity that the 10 hour day would allow for (1 less trip to and from the office, getting things in place before you start and packing things up before you leave) those would be a more productive 40 hours. Not to mention the improvement in employee moral/ physical health from having 72 hours to themselves in a row every week.
A 10 hour day would not effect unemployment in the least, there is no decrease in the number of hours available to work. The jobs aren’t going anywhere. If anything it would stand to reason it would create jobs to plug this one day a week gap with part time employees? Who says everyone has to have the same day off? Can’t wait to hear why you would think this to be the case?
Lastly remote working is awesome and definitely would work,and in many ways already is. I know this because I work with a company that provides the technology that makes it possible to do so. Correct me if I’m wrong but the services industry would only stand to benefit from people having an extra day so as to take advantage of services. Since these industries are usually busiest when people are off from work, people don’t get their hair cut, car washed, etc when they are in the office.
But don’t worry Mirza, I’m sure your boss appreciates your unwavering willingness to stay firmly planted in your seat behind your desk. Firmly believng that exploring options that would make at least one day a week more fulfilling are a sure fire way to run business into the ground and hurt his precious bottom line.