South Korean government proposes increase in work week to 69 hours from 52

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  1. Longum-Exhausti says

    NO! BAD KOREA! BAD!

  2. Organic-Muscle-3609 says

    ….Cancels work visa application 😒

  3. squarepeg0000 says

    That’s brutal.

  4. Zaphodnotbeeblebrox says

    People on Reddit won’t read the article and they’ll have a very nice discussion

  5. Dark_Delusion says

    Our fertility rate is decreasing, what should we do?

    People: Please decrease work hours!

    Govt: How about we turn overtime hours to work-life currency? This ought to boost it.

  6. Dirtyspaceman69 says

    I feel tired just reading that.

  7. JesusIsTheBrehhhd says

    That’s the sex number

  8. StinkierPete says

    Headline is kind of misleading, that would be the new maximum including overtime (based on a 40hr work week)

  9. LikeableMisfit says

    the idea seems to be that by increasing overtime hours per week, employees can then opt to concentrate more of their work hours into larger chunks on certain weeks, and then concentrate more of their time off in larger chunks on other weeks.

    in theory, this really just means that the workers are working the same amount, just with different time distribution. in practice, many worry this will just lead to workers working more hours overall.

    i’m not an expert, but given korea’s old school face time culture, i’d instinctively expect that this would just increase aggregate work hours. also not a really great sign that this proposal is only backed by the current government and a business lobbying group, and pretty much denounced by everyone else.

  10. stonecold1812 says

    Not NICE

  11. Satoshiman256 says

    What’s the point of even living if you’re just a robot?

  12. -Dalzik- says

    People are complaining about 52 hour work weeks. If you raise it to 69 then lower it back to 52 people will be happy they have a 52 hour work week instead of 69. Fool proof plan to boost morale.

  13. Low-Needleworker4693 says

    They won’t be dined, won’t be wined, but they will be 69ed.

  14. Pr0ducer says

    69 hours per week? Fuck that. I’m out of gas after 50. 60 is 5 days of 12 hour days. 69 would be 10 hours per day every fucking day. When are you supposed to buy groceries and make babies?

  15. BillTowne says

    In completely unrelated news, S. Korea, which has the lowest birthrate of any nation, just saw it’s birthrate drop even further.

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