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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In pre industrial times people worked pretty much sun up to sun down except Sunday (and the women still worked then, as did people taking care of farm animals)    If you’ve ever watched those reality shows where people try to live like that, the work is never ending.  It wasn’t until people started getting relatively rich that leisure time became a concept.

One problem I see is that people don’t want to take a pay cut to work less. The reality is that a company has X to spend on labor costs.  If people ant to do less, they’ll need to hire more people.  And because of roll up costs, cutting your time by 50% means a greater than 50% cut to your wages.  Lawyers are among the most common complainers about work hours, but they tend to make a lot of money to work those hours.  Is there a market for big law firms to have a position has reauires 900-1000 billable a year but only pays like $125K?  I don’t know.  Most firms do offer part time to more senior people, and not many take advantage of it.  
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My grandparents are farmers, they work from 5am to 9am, take brunch, nap and chill, then work from 5pm - 8pm night time. They def do not work from sunrise to sun down.[/quote]

My. What kind of farmers? How many acres? What do they farm? Any livestock? Any help? [/quote]

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