Capitalist Pig

A raise in worker productivity? AND wellbeing? Oh... Well we can't do that.
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[@DAsrada]

"...Do you still have Nimrod and ORCHIS' number?"

[@epin_gamer4209]

i dont understand why its not implement considering it would directly benefit the upper class with productivity. is workers being fully healthy too much of a threat lol?

[@SynthVoice]

Because capitalists don't function on logic, they function on the suffering of those beneath them. ☺️

[@epin_gamer4209]

@@SynthVoice that's a pretty reactionary thing to say to be honest, it would be much more useful to approach this issue in a more systemic way. like maybe it's a status quo conservative thing? maybe it's a more complicated thing where it would increase freedom of workers which might take up freedom of capitalists indirectly?

[@seitheach]

A healthy working class is a dangerous working class.

[@epin_gamer4209]

@@seitheach yeah that's what I'm thinking

[@doctahjonez]

They wanna maintain power as well as money 💀

[@JachymorDota]

The misery is the point. Having time to think and express ourselves outside of labour might have us question the entire system we are upholding with our own hands.

[@solipso_flute]

The entire system which has led to complete societal progress. The system which is the very reason you can even type this comment right now. Were it not for capitalism, you would not have a computer because advances in computation are the result of the competitive market

[@genericyoutubecommenter589]

​@@solipso_fluteYUO DONT LIKE CAPITALISM YET YOU EXIST VENEZUELA NO IPHONE BOTTOM TEXXT 100 TRILLION DEAD

[@NickAndriadze]

And every time the workers *did* realize that they were the ones upholding everything..... _The Internationale starts playing_

[@leyrua]

​@@solipso_flute Right, but monopolies AREN'T good for the competitive market. We aren't in capitalism anymore, we are in a monopolistic oligarchy.

[@Andres-hc4vq]

Bruh is just hilarious watching CEO's going ape-shit crazy over this kind of stuff not realizing that overall, happy workers dont tend to be such a pain in the ass, and are more productive. Like Im trying to see it for their perspective and being as a selfish asshole as possible, there's more money to be made with a happy worker that with one that goes in autopilot all day

[@leyrua]

Yeah it's like they keep doubling down on the idea that they have to keep the workers too exhausted to rebel, never realizing that HAPPY workers aren't going to WANT to leave.

[@unbearablysmug2437]

Maybe look at it from the perspective of a man trying to increase productivity and maximize profits and minimize losses (instead of downright dehumanizing them) who might be skeptical that a 4 day work week might decrease productivity and lose the company money. The US already has one of the most productive labour forces in the world so maybe in their minds a 4 day work week could ruin productivity. (Plus not every business benefits from the 4 day work week... Restaurants and coding jobs come to mind instantly)

[@leyrua]

@@unbearablysmug2437 coding jobs, like programming? Those would benefit from a 4-day workweek. Oftentimes our projects experience a noticeable boost in productivity after a 3-day weekend due to a holiday.

[@webpombo7765]

​@@unbearablysmug2437 Not sure about that coding part, I work in coding and I can definitely feel my productivity falling as the week progresses, of course having monday be the most productive due to being rested. 4 day work week would probably benefit coding jobs too.

[@unbearablysmug2437]

@@webpombo7765 coding from what I've seen is a weird case altogether. Coding can be done from anywhere and some people can go a day without coding and still hammer out a ton of code, fix tons bugs, and the likes the next day. I'm not sure a 4 day work week would benefit most people in that industry. Maybe a more personalized work schedule would be the way to go, with the exception of important meetings and the need to get certain changes approved by upper management and the likes And again some people are more productive and happy with a 6 or 7 day work week, so to have companies be forced to do a institute a 4 or 3 day work week could cause many issues

[@RedRingtail]

How did I know the second panel was gonna have the "boo-womp" noise? 😂

[@SynthVoice]

It was simply too good to pass up

[@OmerKing916]

It's instinct at this point.

[@keip4568]

I question why the Destiny Islands music was used for this...always

[@MarkyVigoroth]

In this case, he is in his own private island.

[@NickAndriadze]

The disbenefits of their wellbeing far outweigh the benefits of their productivity, _I suppose._

[@tuckerbowen4626]

Some people just aren't happy unless they're making everyone else miserable

[@fiddleriddlediddlediddle]

Guys, I'm starting to think it's not actually about the money.

[@Moldytoast888]

His cane went flaccid

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

Studio TRIGGER: Bro, just let them have more days off, bro.

[@mikedoubleeyesowski1864]

The simplest answer to this, is that it does not yield a long term profit increase.

[@SHARD_OF_GLASS]

As someone who has worked many 70 hour weeks. I can confirm that even if you do regulate things so that the current cost of living is viable to those who work 4 days a week, there will still be plenty of people who will work more than that. And the markets have a way of favoring those with more money. So if I work 6 days a week in a 4 day economy they will sell the houses, the land, the cars, the services to people like me. Why would they keep the prices lower for the 4 day people when they could just necessitate longer work weeks anyway.

[@SynthVoice]

How does that boot taste, by the way?

[@SHARD_OF_GLASS]

@SynthVoice I'm sorry, I need the money. To live. Also you say that like I don't want the economy to be fixed. I just think that it would be a little better if there was a actual conversation about fixing the economy. All I did was voice my concerns about a 4 day work economy and was hoping to maybe have someone explain it better than a 2 frame comic or maybe point out a flaw in my reasoning. But instead I get called names. You might be making it harder for yourself to actually fix anything when you are so quick to pick a fight with people in the same boat.

[@akumjh]

When it's time for bacon?

[@zakaryloreto6526]

That means you can pay them less and they will have more time to buy as well. Honestly why aren’t they implementing it?

[@minestar2247]

They don't want to go throu the hassle of rescheduling probablt

[@TheBronzeDog]

This one hits home. I suspect a lot of them want us working excessive hours so they can fill them with meetings to make themselves feel more important than they really are.

[@neonoah3353]

I dont get it. How improving worker productivity by having them work 1 day less than normal translates to profit... companies only really care about profits, since, you know, thats the whole point of making a company.

[@BrakCartmanLIKES]

I thought the punchline would be BACON 😜

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

You spelled "child labor" wrong

[@ozzie_theotter]

How does that improve well being?

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

@@ozzie_theotter it makes our lives less stressful

[@hectorrodriguezgonzalez8938]

​@@TheAllSeeingEye2468 definde "our"

[@SorobanWorld]

@@ozzie_theotter You are "providing learning and earning opportunities for disadvantaged youth". Hard labor is good for the soul, and keeps them out of trouble. Why, even paying them at all is the height of generosity.

[@LIKEFRITOS]

This is cool and all but you GOTTA dub Loss

[@TheRealNingenOfAntarctica]

WHY DOES NOBODY THINK ABOUT THE RICH? THEY NEED MORE MONEY! GIVE THEM MORE MONEY! THINK ABOUT JEFF BEZOS!

[@therealfsh]

Dont have to pay them as much if its 4 day tbf, less hours

[@SynthVoice]

That's why you pay them more alongside the four day work week. People aren't even making enough to afford the cost of living working two 40hr jobs.

[@ManCheat2]

@@SynthVoice hardly anyone is working two jobs, even less are working two 40 hr jobs..

[@therealfsh]

@@SynthVoice thats what that 15$ an hour minimum wage does

[@SynthVoice]

@@therealfsh No it isn't? The minimum wage was never raised to fifteen and yet prices are still being gouged and people still aren't making enough to live. In fact, if we account for inflation and worker productivity, the minimum wage should be at least twenty three dollars an hour. Congratulations, your entire worldview is based on baseless propaganda from CEOs who want you to have less than you deserve.

[@SynthVoice]

@@ManCheat2 That is laughably untrue.

[@Spidey-s.s_521]

Amazon

[@LightTim]

The first thought I had was likely the same one the porker had. "Oh great HR costs are going to go up as I need to hire more to keep a constant of workers because of 24/7 biz cycle." Still terrible thinking to not follow up after the cost thought.

[@webpombo7765]

What? Why would you need to hire more HR?

[@LightTim]

@@webpombo7765 Laws, organization rules, etc. Think of it like how schools try to have one teacher for every X amount of kids.

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

: )

[@thequietkid5178]

I don’t get the punch line…(I’m not rich.)

[@nathanielvaughn6728]

FOUR LEGS GOOD TWO LEGS -BAD- BETTER

[@nickthebricked]

i was looking for this comment

[@angryfoxzd5233]

I mean, it will make them more productive. But you'll still need a small handful of employees to work on the 5th day. Perhaps have full time employees work their usual shifts Monday- Thursday and every other Friday have part time employees fill in.

[@ariannasv22]

Have you ever had a job

[@angryfoxzd5233]

@ariannasv22 I have a job luckily it's not a 12hr shift.

[@Thoriumplatypus5263]

if it does what the RnD guy says it does why would he be against it?

[@SynthVoice]

Because capitalists don't want a better functioning system, they want to harm workers.

[@FoxgeraldMUSIC]

I still wouldn't go for socialism nor communism

[@tomizatko3138]

Maybe you should go for a system that learned mistakes and good lessons of capitalism and communism, think outside your binary idealogicol box?

[@FoxgeraldMUSIC]

@@tomizatko3138 *ideological And what system would that be?

[@LunaLunaTix]

Politically Biased?

[@bananapantssean5638]

yayy never been this ertarly

[@SynthVoice]

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