Four-Day Work Week: It's Time

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LONG TAKE

People work way too hard. Too many days, too many hours—and, for most, for pay that doesn’t cover the bills.

An unintended positive consequence of the COVID19 pandemic—and, certainly, given the human cost, not something we’d wish for—is a bit of an awakening, collectively, for everyone to take a more significant look at the way we work. Plenty of people who earn sub-standard or insufficient wages are saying, “take this job and shove it” and quitting—to be sure, a big slice of people walking out the door have done so in re…