2025-12-18 00:00:30

The push for a four-day workweek is facing some serious pushback—and one prominent voice just called it out in no uncertain terms. "That's literally the stupidest idea I've ever heard," he said bluntly in a recent social media take that's been turning heads.

Here's the thing though: the argument isn't just contrarian for the sake of it. The real point being made is that the modern workplace has fundamentally shifted. Fixed weekly schedules? That's becoming a relic. Remote work has already transformed how we actually work. Teams operate across time zones. People collaborate asynchronously. The traditional five-day office grind was already becoming obsolete before anyone even proposed cutting it down to four days.

So what's the takeaway here? The conversation about workweek restructuring might be missing the bigger picture entirely—the workplace itself doesn't operate on rigid weekly schedules anymore.

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BlockchainNewbie

· 2025-12-20 17:07

Exactly, the four-day workweek is inherently a false proposition. Who still lives by the calendar nowadays? We're all in a 24-hour on-call state. --- Uh, honestly, rather than reducing working days, wouldn't it be better to make remote work truly flexible? With time zones all over the place, talking about a weekly schedule is pointless. --- Haha, this guy speaks harshly, but he's not wrong—rigid schedules are long dead; everyone is now working in a distributed manner. --- Instead of arguing over four days or five days, why not discuss how not to be disturbed by Slack until 2 a.m.? --- Exactly, here we work on a project basis now, so what's the point of dividing into Monday to Friday?

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SwapWhisperer

· 2025-12-19 02:25

ngl This guy's point isn't entirely wrong; 996 hasn't died yet. What are you thinking with a four-day workweek? By the way, talking about four or five days a week, isn't everyone now on 996/007? On call at any time, who still cares about the days? Really, in these two years of remote work, even weekends are spent replying to emails. Any system is pointless. Instead of changing the number of workdays, it's better to change the boss's mindset first haha. This argument is quite profound; indeed, the problem isn't about the number of days.

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SandwichTrader

· 2025-12-18 00:30

Four-day workweek, hmm... this guy isn't entirely wrong. The traditional periodic table system is already outdated. When it comes to remote collaboration across time zones, who still cares about working a few days a week?

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ser_we_are_ngmi

· 2025-12-18 00:26

Bro, that was a bit harsh, but it seems like you hit on a point... The four-day workweek thing is indeed a bit outdated; everyone has already adapted to the time difference. --- Thinking about it, remote work has already broken the fixed cycle system, and obsessing over whether it's four or five days isn't the key point. --- Well, no, calling it the "stupidest" is too absolute, but the workplace has already changed. --- Instead of arguing over four days or five days, it's more important to think about how to prevent your boss from bothering you anytime, anywhere. --- Honestly, there's some truth to this view. The conflict between flexible work arrangements and fixed weekly schedules has always been there. --- Four or five days doesn't matter; without an asynchronous collaboration culture, any number of days is pointless.

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shadowy_supercoder

· 2025-12-18 00:22

ngl The remote era is still debating a four-day or five-day workweek, which is a bit like discussing whether to add an extra wheel to a carriage... completely off-topic.

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DataOnlooker

· 2025-12-18 00:19

ngl this guy makes some sense. The four-day workweek is basically a false proposition, and remote work has long since broken that system. Why are we still arguing about which day of the week it is? Time has already become fragmented. Honestly, the fixed schedule is outdated. Still debating four days versus five days... it's a bit speechless. The four-day workweek is just a placebo; the workload hasn't changed, and the pressure is actually greater. Are we still discussing weekends in this era? Asynchronous collaboration is the future, right? It’s like drawing a line can change everything. The real issue isn't the number of days; it's whether true flexible work is possible. Otherwise, it's all just talk.

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Blockchainiac

· 2025-12-18 00:17

ngl This guy makes some sense, a five-day workweek was already terrible, and now he's still arguing about four or five days. Remote work has become common, so why talk about fixed cycles? With such a large time zone difference, do we still need to punch the clock? I want to laugh. --- A four-day workweek sounds good, but the problem is, do bosses really let you do less work? Wake up, everyone. --- The funny thing is, everyone is fighting for a four-day week, but they don't realize that the workflow itself has already changed. The Monday to Friday framework is no longer meaningful. --- Emm, it's quite ridiculous to still be discussing workweek structures in the remote era... it's not even the main issue, okay? --- This point actually hits the mark. Instead of superficial reforms, it's better to truly change the way work is organized.

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MagicBean

· 2025-12-18 00:02

Well... actually, the four-day workweek didn't really hit the point. Now that everyone is working remotely and asynchronously, a fixed number of days per week is already outdated. --- Honestly, that guy's criticism actually makes sense. The five-day workweek should have been abolished long ago. --- Wait, instead of arguing about four days or five days, why not ask ourselves how we're still being shackled by the concept of "week"? --- I understand the reasoning, but the real problem is that bosses won't pay based on output, and in the end, you're still limited by working hours. --- Laughing to death, still discussing a four-day week, while others are already working across time zones remotely, hahaha

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