history
About 150 years ago, the working day lasted from sunrise to sunset. Whether in the city or in the countryside, people work very hard. But the worst is the factory workers. There are no fixed schedules or holidays-the owner of the factory needs to extract the most profit from his employees.
The situation did not change until the 1880s, when electricity began to spread widely and permeate our daily lives. After that, the working day was set at 12 hours a day.
Thomas Edison and his light bulb. At school, the teacher called him mentally handicapped. His invention created a huge amount of wealth.
We would be shocked by such a number, but the workers sincerely enjoyed their 12-hour working day.
At least sometimes they start to see their families! And take one day off every week.
and only in 1922, the first attempt to reduce the working day to 8 hours. This was done by Henry Ford , he greatly simplified his production due to the assembly line assembly.
Stalin wanted to switch to a five-hour working day
In the Soviet Union, there were also plans to significantly shorten the working day.
Stalin wanted to change this country to a 5-hour working day. Why does he need it?
Stalin declared in his book "Problems of Socialist Economics in the Soviet Union,"Must reach a five-hour working day.
Stalin proposed a phased action. First, enter 6 hours, and then enter the 5-hour working day. This will help people develop and improve their cultural level. Be a family and educate your children. This means—becoming happier, which is the ultimate goal of any country.
This will be a good example from the West. Because workers in other countries will complain that capitalists make them work a lot. Since it is not feasible to impose socialism on the West by force, it is necessary-through propaganda. For this, you not only need to give people money, but you also need to give people leisure.
But Stalin did not succeed in realizing his plan. He died a year later, but Nikita Khrushchev did not develop these ideas.
Plan to reduce working hours in the modern world
The strange thing is that our ancient ancestors only worked 2-3 hours a day. We are talking about the Cromanons—the average time they spend hunting and gathering. The rest of the time is leisure. Only with the invention of agriculture did people start to work more.
Now more and more people have the idea of reducing the length of the working day. labor efficiency keeps improving. In the twenty-first century, technical working conditions were significantly higher than in the first half of the twentieth century, when 40 hours of work per week were used.
If a person spends more time with his family and manages to get enough sleep and productive rest, he will become a better and more loyal employee.
The governments of European countries, especially Sweden, the United Kingdom and the governments of Denmark , are all raising the issue of reducing working days.In Russia, Dmitry Medvedev (Dmitry Medvedev) put forward such an initiative.
is exploring two options. Either increase the day's rest time, or reduce the length of the working day from eight hours to seven hours or even five hours. What do you think of this matter? Which option is best for you?
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