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- Greece has become the first country in the European Union to introduce a six-day working week for some businesses. The measure applies to firms that provide 24/7 services, or those experiencing an extraordinary workload. Greece's pro-business government calls the regulation "worker-friendly." But it's sparked outrage among trade unions. And many people on the street don't like it either.
00:00 Greece introduces six-day working week for some
01:10 Anthee Carassava, Journalist
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Watch the younger generation flee
And go where exactly ?
@@sawtooth808 it is funny, any European country or American country is better.
@@sawtooth808 an absolutely absurd question. Literally anywhere else
@@tohellwithyourcrap8045not true, Greece is still better than anywhere in Africa, most parts of Central Asia and some of Central America, tho most eu countries plus American Australia etc are generally better
The fact is that young people are not doing anything to change this situation. In the European elections in June, abstention in Greece reached 60% for the first time in history and in the national elections last year it reached 50. So basically they want it and they get it...
Why not a seven-day work week? There is definitely room for improvement here.
Lazy Greeks 😅
Go work on cruise ships. 6 Months contracts with every day work. Zero days off!
There are also 11 Months contracts.
W HY NOT 8 DAYS. LASY MILLENIUMS!!!!
I'm sure they can bring the work equipment home to continue and prepare for the next day.
@@SonnyDarvishzadeh work in their sleep, you'd make a good politician..🤣🤣
the goal was 4 days, not 6, they misunderstood something in this greece
Adonis Georgiadis his not know to count
😄 Yes, I was so confused/surprised when I read that title!
They put the I on the wrong side of V... those silly Greek politicians
A lot of things have been misunderstood in Greece 😔
The goal was simply to see how much can be done within 4 days, and introduce 6 days week, if half quit they sure the other half can get the job done within 6 days.
Government: we need people to have children... let's make their life miserable and take their time off, that'll do it
The children thing is so they can increase taxes.
All governments are doing this now. ‘Everyone just needs a second job!’
“We need people to have more children” = we need more consumers so the rich can get richer
No time to have kids , now carry your chain and go to work until you drop
The rich are hoarding more and more money. They couldn't care less about you.
Goodbye to greece demographics
Indeed. Talk about throwing away your future for some money here and now.
I mean...not that it was going in a good direction in Greece anyway...or in the West in general
Half the time for a social life outside of work. That will really encourage much needed baby making.. smh 🤦♂️
As if Greece’s demographics aren’t already bad enough
Our demographics are long gone anyway
Are the politicians going to work 6 days a week at the office?
No hes in television all the time give your love to the man of this idea Adonis Georgiadis !!
I once worked at a company with an executive who consistently worked 12 hour days, but he did it because he didn't like his family life. He put in tons of hours and was still never prepared for his presentations.
Yeah, remotely remote.
They barely doing one.
For that they first would need to start working
Didn't they tell us back in the 1970's that computers would do all the work and humans would have more leisure time to pursue other interests?
lol. Capitalism.
@@Nun195 Done wrong.
"computers would do all the work and humans would have more leisure time" - automation and AI is a threat under capitalism because the working class loses the minimum remaining bargaining power they have. but under socialism, automation and AI is nothing to be feared but instead to be embraced to improve living standards and elevate the society in maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Human nature.
It seems to me *every* advance in technology is leveraged to improve the lot of those who own and run said technology, not customers and certainly not the lives of people in general...
...when was the last time anyone noted a change in technology that made them think "That was really helpful." That time is long-gone.
Yeah, they forgot to mention that improves only the CEOs day.
Greece went from high unemployment to labour shortage, but instead of enjoying an increase in wages they basically directly tell young people to leave the country
10% unemployment is still high compared to many EU countries. YOUTH Unemployment is still pretty bad.
Despite over a million people leaving.
When they actually have a labor shortage wages will rise without government intervention.
@@paxundpeace9970 the jobs are only in tourism, so you are waiter or nothing
Unemployment is still high af. They just cook the numbers so it's shown as lower. Same with economic growth. The Greek state is a mess.
Without us they have a ground to do what they want.i believe that young people will protest.however one dangerous problem of this generation and the one before us has learnt that doing nothing other than believing wolves dressed up as sheeps is a good thing(which it isn't) so i don't have exactly high expectations for a substantial resistance. We will do what we can.
Greece has a 10% unemployment rate. This makes absolutely no sense. Hire more people before you increase the work week.
23%
It's called a skills mismatch
It's called lack reskill initiatives@@reardelt
They don't want to pay the amount they should, that's why there's a high rate of unemployment. No one wants to go to work if they don't get paid enough to exist in a human way
23% unemployment
Goverment says their young, skilled workforce" Don"t stay here, go other EU countries if you can"
Australia needs more skilled workers, come over here and earn more money and work less hours. The people should not have to pay the price for their government's economic mismanagement. Unacceptable. This will be a classic example of the cobra effect in play, nobody in this day and age should bend over and accept this. It's anti-social.
@@xAPxZiggy as I saw on CZcams, Australia is suffering from housing shortage and cost of living crisis. is it true?
@@gizemlikisi6213 There's this amazing thing launched two decades ago called Google. If you want to ask people, there's this another amazing thing launched also two decades ago called Reddit
@@gizemlikisi6213it has been suffering from those issues for close to 20 years. Things were already bad when I was living there 2009-2011. Can't imagine how bad the situation is now
@@d.b.2215 so Australia isn't a wise choice for a new immigrant then
Next year - Greece introduces an 8 day working week.
25 hours schedule
Don't put them ideas...😂
Year after: Greeks are now allowed to stop working, work in their sleep and work everywhere 24 hours a day 7 days a week
And 3 day weekend! 😂
We walk 5 times a week, and sleep 10 times a day
If they're concerned with a declining birth rate, making people work more hours isn't a good solution for that.
People fought and died to establish the 8 hour work day and a five day work week....
It is why we are falling behind worldwide. There is no growth in Europe anymore. Go to some Asian countries that are growing massively and you will see their work ethics are much better.
@@ThaAidry bull...i live in Asia and even China is having an issue, its in the news. People are getting fed up of working till they drop. Everywhere educated people are wanting more then just work. Europe is falling behind because of our governments polices or lack of.
@@ThaAidry According to what metric are they much better? Profits for the business owners? Who gives a damn they already make bank.
I rather we focused on improving the conditions of the workers instead so they can afford to live and have children which isn’t really the case in those Asian countries you are talking about. I wonder how much China and South Korea will grow in a decade now that the population is declining, my guess is they will not grow at all especially South Korea.
China can still improve its gdp per capita a bunch but at some point it’ll lose its cheap competitiveness so it really needs to start changing its growth model.
With automation and mass production, it should be 5 hour workdays (15 hour workweeks) according to economist John Maynard keynes.
"If you beggar your neighbour, you may very well beggar yourself." -JM keynes
"If you enacted policies against the people, you're asking for a communist revolution." - unk
@@ad_astra468 I agree. However, even low growth in China is still much more than we have had the past decades. I was also think more about south east Asian countries like Malaysia for example. Improving working conditions is important and profits should benefit everyone. Making this a zero sum game is not helpful for anyone.
Wow. This is going to make people in their 20s look like 40.
Europeans already look older than their actual age.
@@AstroBear11 Oof 😖
Greeks already age fast.
@@ButterflyG673 but everyone does these days, gen Z and Gen alpha alone look mature
Here in Eastern Europe, we had 6 work week during the communist era, everything was perfect, no one complained.
Literally, no one was allowed to complain.
I live in Greece,I am a chemist and I cant find a job since 2022 and now they want to work for 6 days?I am leaving for Sweden and I will never come back...
👍
In Brazil we have 6-day working week for ages now! You don't live your life, you just exist to work
Why accepting it? Move out
Is that true? Never heard of that. Sou brasileiro.
Well, you'll still only get 4 days of productivity.
They will get 3 now because people will get exhausted
You're thinking office workers. Greece has a service-based economy, and the move is a gift to tourism related businesses and grocers. There's not a lot of slacking flex on these sort of jobs
@@diametheuslambdasure. But there is being sick three days a week…
@@Paul-uy1ru This isn't nominal, these are actual worked hours, excluding leaves but capturing some of the off-book worked hours.
Thats not the point for the corrupt politicans. The point is to ruin the country slowly. They are bought buy wef and others.
"We need more young talented people!"
Also Greece
"Let's force everyone to have crappier lives!"
>We have too many old people.
>Let's make it much harder to raise kids.
That's the plan.
Europe is going this way. You won't own a home, you won't start a family and you won't have the chance to be a young person. You'll make them money though.
so they saw they were experiencing a brain drain and thought hey guys lets make it worse. if this happens in my country im moving
What country is that?
When the people in control see their standard of living decline, they will force the workers to work more. Who said slavery is dead?
Working more is not slavery lol
@@lukazupie7220 Yes, Massa.
@@B-B-W-Engel back to work now, boy😁
@@lukazupie7220 yes it is
@@1ycan-eu9ji by what definition?
If i work for my own company, and i work for 6 days a week, am i enslaving myself?😀
We will watch productivity collapse.
Do you think the government care?
@@efthimischrtk well they will start to " care " when the population marriage and birth rates goes down and that in turn will have problems to cover any social security / pensions when people get old. Japan can be one example.
@@andangsudradjat7379 its already happening and its already too late lol
It's already 40% lower than the EU average. I can talk from experience, I don't wanna give my 100% to an employer who pays me less than I need to even survive the month
@@andangsudradjat7379 that's what the government wants to work like dogs
I am Greek, all private companies make you work 8-12h per day instead of the standard 8, without paying for the extra time. And they say if you don't like it, leave. And now the government legalizes 6 days of work per week
Όχι όλες. Μην το γενικεύεις. Η δική μου εταιρεία όχι . Καθώς και πολλές άλλες.
The problem with Greece and why young Greeks are leaving isn't the financial crisis. It is because of rampant nepotism. Unless your family owns the business you work in, you are treated like a robot and typically denied promotions and the starting salary and subsequent salary increases are far lower than for people connected to the ownership. Young people see this, see that this is a far smaller problem elsewhere in Europe and they just leave. The Greek government has absolutely no interest in solving this because the people staffing it are the main beneficiaries.
You mean you are treated almost like a slave and very underpaid and constantly threatened with being fired
this is the same issue in Eastern Europe. people think it;s due to the wages, but the entire system is corrupt. and in some locations you need to pay bribes to get a job, it's that bad
My country is the same, nepotism, corruption on government and people get hired for who they know even if they are completely inept.
@@SM-ce1uy
And the legacy of communism lives on.
@@shauncameron8390It is not the legacy of communism. It is the legacy of poverty.
Studies show a 4 day week increases productivity.
I was thinking the contrast of this as well. Where discussion in many other countries circles around 4 day week, Greek choose the opposite route. Shouldn't be surprise to anyone that this will not attract more workforce into the country. Oh well. Not my problem after all...
As in productive laziness?
@@AstroBear11 😂 what is that factual 😅
@@AstroBear11Lmfao
Productivity per hour probably, not overall?
If I lived in Greece, I would tell the government exactly where it could shove its six-day work week.
Greece is the 1st debt trap country and this is the results
I don't live in Greece, I've only been there on holiday. But I've got a couple of things to say to this: Greece has a very low retirement age. Somewhere around 55 (+/- a couple of years; I think it's lower). While people get older, so the elder population grows. Greece has had (has) many economic problems, and got a lot of EU economic aid. A local Greek told me: _"With this money we bought big Mercedes cars. Now the money is spent. We ourselves are now on our own forced to solve the problems we made for ourselves. That's how we chose it to be"._ One can agree or not, but this was his local opinion. I guess the 6-day work week is one way to try to solve their economic problems. Few voters would agree to raise the retirement age. But they have to do... something. EU won't fund any more Mercedes.
You are lying out of you @ss.
The retirement age is *NOT* 55 years. It's one of the highest in Europe. At 67!
Whoever told you (if it's even real), that Greeks bought expensive cars with that money etc., was just playing with you. Greeks have the oldest cars in the EU. The cars are on average 19 years old. The cars are on average small with high mileage.
Europeans must work more. Zelensky needs money.
@@HafizIndher No 👎 we have had enough
I bet this doesn't apply to politicians and bureaucrats.
Other nations: We gotta have 4-day working week
Greece:
Other nations they dont have Adonis Georgiadis
@@sogoblade723 It's not just him lol
We are going backwards.
Yep 💯
Yep, next they’ll try to get rid of child labor laws or raise the retirement age to 70.
@@juancarlosalonso5664 they are going to raise it to 72
when are people gonna wake up in greece and change from voting ND and Pasok
Turkey BAYRAKTAR u scared haha
@@juancarlosalonso5664In the US we have several states weakening child labor laws. There are now multiple states where 14 year olds can work night shift.
All workers should protest
I decreased my workload from 40 hours to 24 hours a week and the relief was massive. I feel a lot happier mentally and physically. These goverments and corporations are destroying us.
A new suggestion for the government here from a Greek here: Make it 7 days and 16 hours per day, that shall increase productivity to the fullest. Also restore child labour, that will give motivation for families to bear more children under such conditions to work as slaves their daily hours and will fix demographics somehow. Also flogging should be considered legalised for workers slacking for a minute or two!!
Jokes aside: I am truly ashamed of what this country with so much blood spilled for freedom has turned into!!
Do you know anyone who approves of this? Did people vote for this?
@@Vic-ek1fv Yes these policies have huge support over in greece the people elected them with 41%
@@trampakoulas Sure.
@@trampakoulasReap what you sow 🎉😂
So EVIL
Lol
4 day work week was the target. Now a 6 day work week
Greece has and will continue to be a lesson of what not to do
11% of Greek jobseekers have a zero day work week. They should probably fix that before tinkering with something that was worked for over a century. Then they can move to a four day work week like the rest of us should
I reflect and agree.
Keynes predicted a 15 hour work week in his essay “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren” from 1930. What a bell-end.
Nothing to offer young people. No hope, no future, no life but to be a slave.
Because the older generations pissed it all away living the comfortable but unsustainable life.
That's why drug trafficking became so popular in southeastern Europe. If you make one single tour of smuggling without getting caught you are IMMEDIATELY a millionaire.
Shortage of workers? And the solution is to make the young unable to get kids cause they just work? Yea that sounds like a very short term solution that will bite Greece in the rear in 20 years.
The paradox is, let people work less. To get more workers later by people having kids. You need to make ppl have kids. And for people to have kids, they need living space, they need free money and they need the time to take care of kids.
The young are smart and educated today. They do the math, and the math does not make sense. Thus why people do not have kids.
This all makes it more likely that greeks emigrate
But more money people have less kids they have, no?
As a Greek, let me just say that the country has been running on "short term" solutions for the past 40+ years.
Our politicians are both incapable and unwilling to operate on timescales of more than a couple of months.
One of the many reasons the country's been doing "great" for so long…
Yes, increasing the people's workload is rather antithetical to solving the demographic decline. Forcing people to work more will leave them with less time, energy, and inclination for other pursuits, including lovemaking.
How are you gone have time for yourself.
6 day work week, WTF 🤦
It's funny because people are not aware that in Greece, we already work 6 days, in many jobs during the summer season it's even 7/7. The thing is it isn't registered, so on paper Greeks worked like 4 hours 2-3 days per week, whereas in reality they worked 10-12 hours 6 days or 7 days.
That’s not funny , it’s vulgar.
Working longer hours does not boost productivity...It does the opposite. Burnout is no joke!
Greeks already work the most hours in the EU and its not getting them anywhere. I doubt this will improve their fledgling economy.
*They are at work the most hours in the EU
@@ireofdesire7269Greeks are known to slack
Greece is speedrunning the WORKERS REVOLUTION!
USGR (Union of Socialist Greek States) is the future 😂
there is not going to be a revolution, the unions are long part of the government
😆 🤣
Greece is speed running facism
Never. This won't last. You can't control Hellenes.
Make sure to also increase pension age to 90 years so nobody is every getting it so it's just a masked tax. While officials can retire at 40 with full pension
The amount of stupidity in that room that made that decision is on a scope few of us can comprehend
I doubt skilled workers are going to be happy about it😂 I would flee my country in no time if someone messed with my weekends
Acts of immunity
6 day work weeks
THE REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED
Lots of heads 'bout to roll.
6 day work week = conservative government
Acts of Immunity = justices put in place by Republicans
That's the answer. Republicans. That's who is destroying America. I don't like Biden, but I would NEVER vote to destroy America.
Your optimism is amusing.
@@BufordDuckworth you fon't know the greeks, do you ?
Goverment will be slacking 6 days a week too??? Or the normal 7 days.??
4
The government just got a big bonus from their elite friends. Most of them will not need to work even an hour in their life. Their children probably too. Maybe their grandchildren also? 🤔
I love how the ONLY criticism here is toward the government and not the businesses who are pulling the strings to make this happen.
Asians watching this news: “welcome to the club”.
Latin America is going from 6 days to 5, Europe is going from 5 to 4, and Greece goes backwards 😂
That's why China is winning...
A while back, on professional social media people were talking about 4 day work week.😂
Governments soon put a stop to that one ..😂
Other countries will continue to push for 4 day work week once they see the damage done to Greece
You don't have a Adoni Georgiadi the legend who think this idea
Corporate slavery,- shocking
Lol, no.
Vote for fascists, get fascism. Not a huge surprise.
@@bmacpher how is 6 working days fascism?
@@lukazupie7220 shhhhh... you don't get to ask questions or have a voice.
that's fascism
@@lukazupie7220 part of the definition of fascism is, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy. Sounds like being forced to work more than you already are or loose your job for the good of the nation falls into that definition. Either way it’s a boneheaded move by the government and it will fail spectacularly.
Greek government - we want young people to work 6 days per week , 12 hours per day.
Young people - go away for better working conditions, country has a severe demographic problem
Greek government - surprised pikachu face
Agency workers in UK already working 6-7 days 12 h shift's, no overtime pay.
The gewish overlords want that extra human energy.
Typical Balkans, only bosses will profit, that is just insane and a dumb idea.
Why would only they profit?
The employee benefits as well since nowadays those same businesses employ people to work for 5 days on paper and make a "deal" with the employee to work another day (6th) illegally and be paid "under the table". This law will provide the employee with legal backing to ensure that he is being paid fairly in case of a 6 day work (pay rate for the 6th day increases between +40% to +115%), include that extra day to his future retirement/pension plan (increase his/her future pension), be paid more in case of layoffs. Also we must note that this is NOT mandatory and only specific businesses can apply for this.
@@Ghanfort Lets hope that woild be the truth.
@@Ghanfortwhere have you seen that in Greece it doesn't happen , everything is legal
They want the workforce to be slaves just like back in the economic crisis
Is there any country with a government that isn't incompetent?
China maybe
Switzerland, Denmark
Zimbabwe : Ahem!
China 😂😂😂😂
@-schattenpflanze-3755 what did you have bro? I also want some! 😂😂😂 china 😂😂😂 you're trippin real hard dude
Meanwhile in Germany ppl demand a 4-day week 😅
Something tells me that Germany might have something to do with Greek downfall.
I see more and more Greeks in Czechia, they are welcomed here ofc and i am glad they are here But they will always tell you How much they miss sea,house food,family,friends it’s not easy
Been working 6 day work weeks for years so welcome to compensated slavery...lol...
This because population collapse . There are not many young people to pay taxes And pay for retirees
Slavery is when you can’t leave, has nothing to do with hours👍😀
@@lukazupie7220 in my opinion, it is modern day slavery if you work long hours with little to low pay which is barely enough to cover your daily living cost.
You also need to include working unscheduled hours and being on call day and night to work those shifts. A lot of people work random hours and are kept from full time hours so they don`t have to pay healthcare.
@@andangsudradjat7379 words have meaning, not everything is a matter of opinion.👍😀
Introduce 6 day work week? What does that even mean? Imposing or allowing? What is the fine for not working 6 days? Only being paid for 5 days? Prison?
They spent decades brainwashing Westerns to have less children to save the Environment.
Imposing or allowing, once you'd change the definition so 6 day work week is "full-time" and 5 days "part-time" the social stigma alone is sorta imposed, let alone how little flexibility employees have, "can you work 6 days a week for me?", "no, actually I have preference for working 4 days a week", obviously the labor market doesn't work like this
Its not imposed in any way. Only certain businesses can make use of this measure, currently the same businesses employ on paper people for 5 days a week and require them to work 6 days illegally due to not being able to find workers and they are paying the employees for the 6th day "under the table". This measure will at least try to mitigate/control this phenomenon since the employee that works for 6 days will now have the legal backing to be payed more (pay rate for the 6th day increases between +40% to +115%), include those extra days in his retirement plan (increasing his future pension) etc.
@@Ghanfort - thank you for the explanation.
@@Ghanfort why would they have to be paid under the table? Do they not have a concept of overtime? I work 60hrs week in five days. I get paid my hourly rate for the first 40hrs then 1.5x my hourly rate for every hour after.
So what I'm hearing is, that a LOT of young Greek people are going to move out of the country.
Europe: We want to be progressive
Greece: Ok I'll be regressive.
Implementing the signs of civilization collapse and call it a progress is the most modern society thing ever. MY GOD, WE'RE DONE!
Implementing the signs of civilization coll*pse and call it a progress is the most modern society thing ever. MY GOD, WE'RE DONE!
Productivity will decrease, younger people will look for better conditions in other EU countries instead of paid slavery, have they truly considered the consequences of this decision ?!
And i don’t support it btw.
All the other countries will fall too, especially with mass immigration and Technocracy.
Theres basically no point in living anymore. Like cant buy a house, cant buy even an Apartment, cant have children, cant go on vacation. Need a Masters degree or a special trade because all else is worthless.
Cant get a loyal, traditional girlfriend because the Modern Women is untrustworthy, mentally unstable and can monkeybranch of to a better guy at any given point.
Which government do you see actually care about the country and the people? They are just filling their own pockets. 😂
@@wonderwhy2335 It has nothing to do with caring about people.
But countries whos people in government have wisdom solve problems like worker shortages and productivity with incentives not hardships. Every country which has freedoms understands that you can only solve problem with promise to improve citizens quality of life, and increase problems by destroying peoples quality of life.
More and more EU countries will follow suit as time goes on. They are ALL experiencing population decline, lowered productivity, and financial instability. You can’t escape from this as it’s an inevitable end state of capitalism.
This will not fix the falling worker population, it will make it worse. If I was in Greece & told I now had to work 48 hours I would be joining the number of people leaving looking for work on a country that had 4 day/32 hour work weeks. Even companies in America are adopting 4 day, 32 hour work weeks because it has shown to work, reduced sick leave, increased productivity & reduced company costs.
most people in greece work 12-15 hour shifts 7/7 already so ..🤣
It's 4-days/10 hours equivalent to 5days/8 hours that's being experimental here in the US. its increased productivity and happier workers with 3-day weekends.
@@larryc1616 All good, thanks for the info
I just decided I will not travel to Greece in retirement.
At all.
They should make it 8 days a week
Unbelievable..
We have to consider that Greece has an extremely low retirement age (which few voters will agree to change), and has huge economic problems (maybe for the same reasons). EU bailed them out many times, but instead they spent the money on Mercedes cars (according to local Greek people I spoke to). So if they don't wanna work for a longer time, they might have to work more while in the working age to get the job done. I'm just guessing.
@@larsrons7937Extremely low retirement age in Greece??? It's at 67 years-old, ffs!
@@larsrons7937that's what socialism did to people since 80's
Pov- Greek Retirement Age:67
And now some people are to retire in 74
The news anchor looked flabbergasted
rightfully so. who tf wants a mandated 6 days a week. Society is already ruined....lets speed it up lol
The news anchor is probably already a millionaire. So don’t read too much into how they express themselves.
"All the skilled workers are leaving, what should we do???"
"Make the ones still here work harder!"
My German friend told me a joke 30 years ago: a German tells his friend; Buddy, from next year, we will have ONE hour work per week. His friend: Oh OK, what about lunch hour then?
I recently moved to Greece. So sad to hear this. Although it doesn't affect me and my wife, I do feel bad for the young people I've met who most likely will pack their bags and go to greener pastures.
The DW journalist made the point on his second question to the Greek jounalist, and his expression says it all about this nonsense. How does the Greek government expects to keep skilled workers by exhausting them to burn-out? This is an incentive for the few ones to go abroad.
1 free day is not enough, even 2 days off are kinda not enough.
I agree. How about NO WORK.
@@meatmoneymilkmonogamyequal5583 Ha ha.
I saw online that the mandatory 6th day of work for affected industries is also unpaid, but this news clip does not mention that. Does anyone know if the 6th work day is paid or not?
Imagine work 6 days a week and still not have money saved at the end of the month :\
I'm not even from greace and I'm already outraged 🤬 this country is giving precedence.
Just because a business is open 6 days a week it doesn't mean you will work 6 days.
I was on a 7 day working regime for 8 months, but mostly 6, until I found a better 5 w-day job, If I ever went back to working that way I'd pop myself
That's nuts
Meanwhile every other first world country is looking at FOUR day work weeks
This is a boss making decisions without talking to his workers first, and informing with a letter or email, and not facing them directly. And you dont get a produktivity boost by intimidate all the talent or younger worker that can get better deals anywhere else.
I don't know if Greece had penalties for anything beyond normal business hours before this but this change effectively reduces penalties and is a dangerous precedent.
Every country takes step forward and Greece like hold my beer and says like guys we are going backwards instead.. Unacceptable!
It was already 6 day week, it was just being done illegally and without pay because people were desperate. It was like this for over 20 years
In Switzerland some companies still have a 42 hour week. My last company had a 40 hour week, of which much could be working from home.
5 day work week is already too much!!
Eat the rich.
That would make you even poorer lol, who will then pay for your healthcare and school of your kids?😂
@@lukazupie7220 haha are you american or what m8
They really think they gonna attract investors with this😂
We who work in tourism and services already work 6 days a week...it's exhausting...no time for family
Working Class Americans & Japanese are collectively laughing as we speak.
Exactly.
Can you explain for me please 🙂🤔
@RaySmith-zg7od, the Japanese and Americans work much longer hours...In the US many work multiple jobs
they laugh because they've been out of tears for decades.
@@MusehanaHbecause they want to make money not because they have to!
Too many sticks and not enough carrots makes for a grumpy Greek!
If you spread out a 40 hour work week over those six days I would actually be ok with that. The worst setup for me is longer hours in a day but less days worked--that doesn't matter to me. But expanding to six days WITH 48 hours? No one wants that.
No way. Everyone loves 4 days/10hours in America if given the choice.
Lets look on the bright side: maybe the consequences will be so bad, the people will see the 4-work week as a step in the right direction and demand it.
Leonidas would be ashamed of this modern day Greece.
leonidas is sparta not the girl-boys of greece
Spartans trained all week…
Leonidas had helots working 7 days a week
Spartan children were taken from their families at 5 years old, trained every day for years, they can't marry until they are 30 years old and evert child they have will be taken by the state again. I'm sure Leonidas will consider this only a move in the right direction.
@@odenat3701 and their debt at ECB was 0, so it worked 😅
This should be against human rights!
Some countries try 4 day week, some 6. The world is a small car full of clowns.
Another country recently went to a 4 day model. Why would anyone think this is appealing. Like who TF thinks of this ?
Does that mean that Politicians, Civil Servants, Government Officials, Judicial Officials, etc... will all have a 6-days working week as well?????
Lol no
In some sectors , nurses , policemen , firefighters , coast guards already years the 6 day week is established in Greece
The plan applies to private businesses that provide 24-hour services and some retail and agricultural workers.
For some businesses in industry and manufacturing, workers can choose between adding hours to their workdays or working an extra shift.
No this for the suckers the government and others they don't work we are not the same how a man like me who is broke can be like Adonis Georgiadis who is the legend of lantzieris and the man how can be every day in tv not in the same channel but everyday and this is his masterpiece.
This really feel like old people born in the 40s and 60s agree to this from an older generation mindset
And because this will help with paying their pensions at the expense of their youth
Yes, because it pays their pensions and also because Greek elders in general do get happy when hearing about the young people struggling. You will find plenty of hags out there believing everyone should struggle the same or worse than they did in their time.
People in Hong Kong are working even Sundays for that 1.5 × bonus. Cooling off with Beer and Seafood at the evening. People working like ants. Good stuff
While other countries test a 4day week , greece is making it a 6 day , that says a lot
Which nation does not face demographic problems. A government that institutes policies that drive away the youth and skilled while making it harder to have a family needs to stop an think or self defenestrate