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If I wouldn't be losing any money or benefits, but I would be gaining a day off, then absolutely I'd take it. However, that's not free to the people who pay me, and one needs to look at sustainability. My workplace is 24/7, needing a certain amount of coverage each day. Working four days rather than five means more people need to be hired to provide ample coverage. Since this isn't a job that just anybody can do, they need to find qualified people, then train them up (initial training is a month, but there's still a lot of learning to do in the first year). There are costs associated with that - training, pay, benefits, etc. So even if everyone hired in were to fully make up for that (eventually), it's more overhead for roughly the same amount of productivity. So from the perspective of the people that pay me, I don't see how it makes sense. If it doesn't make sense to them, then I'm looking out the corner of my eye for changes that will negatively impact me.
How about having 4 days mandated and allowing people to spend the rest of their time as they see fit, helping other people if they want to and in the way they desire? Wouldn't that be better, to allow people to spend their time on charity as they see fit?
Some people actually do that.
Hard to find jobs like that outside of off-the-books stuff anymore. No one wants to pay the overtime pay. Walmart (one of the richest companies in the world) always makes people shave off hours so they stay under 40 hours. Getting unauthorized overtime can get you fired.
Most people don't work under contract, it's "at will employment", which means either party can end the employment at anytime.
If it's voluntarily agreed to by the workers and the company, then great. If it's forced by the government, then it will likely result in hours being cut and jobs being reduced so the companies won't lose profit, which ultimately will hurt the workers.
Many people work multiple jobs to make bank. They work 60-80 hours a week and get no overtime pay or benefits because each job keeps them just below the threshold where they would have to pay benefits or overtime. The companies will find ways around the government mandate, and that usually results in the workers getting the shaft.
I'm sure some company would hire you to do 60 hours a week if you agreed to do it for the same pay as someone who did 40 hours.
If I could work 60 hours a week, with overtime pay, for a decent wage, I'd absolutely do it. That's money in the bank. But you usually have to have a valuable skill or trade to get that kind of job these days, or be in an important job. Otherwise, you can work multiple part time jobs and not get overtime or work off the books jobs and not get overtime. Those are about the only way to get more than 40 hours on a wage these days.
I would if I had to. But it would have to be a cash-only off the books job. Legitimate 40 hour jobs are hard enough to come by.
