As AI companies rave about how their products are revolutionizing productivity, Senator Bernie Sanders wants the tech industry to put its money where its automated mouth is.
“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.
A voucher for the company produced bag of rice, a place to sleep in the barracks next to the workplace and the “promise” of some definition of healthcare.
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!
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.
0% chance this wouldn’t also come with a 20% pay cut.
40% pay cut, those server farms are expensive
100% pay cut, and you better say thank you
120% paycut, would you not pay a few hours of work for a whole day off?
A voucher for the company produced bag of rice, a place to sleep in the barracks next to the workplace and the “promise” of some definition of healthcare.
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.
Except even with a 20% pat cut it might still be hard to get because any amount of personal time threatens your dedication to their profits.
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!
Move out of the US?
it’s almost as if the US is a shitty place to live O:
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!
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.