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		permo-w on Feb 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: World’s largest four-day work week trial finds few... I read somewhere that the 9-5 workweek was first implemented before the emancipation of women. whether it’s true or not I do not know, but it’s an interesting artifact to consider

spoonfeeder006 on Feb 21, 2023 | [–]

Actually, it was the 1800s lol, though in the 1920s it became common

https://www.spiceworks.com/hr/workforce-management/articles/...

MomoXenosaga on Feb 22, 2023 | [–]

Until the 1960s people worked on Saturday in my country.

Economically giving people more time to spend money was a great idea.

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