Since the invention of the clock and time zones, laborers have been compensated from their work based on the hours of work rather than level of production. This has created an incentive and desire to work as many hours as possible to gain more money. Previously, there was a system dubbed "putting out" which paid workers based on their output. Yet the clock completely usurped this system and gave way to set shifts and schedules that still persist today.
There has been a slight transition since the pandemic hit. Flexible working existed well before the pandemic. But it only offered employees the ability to choose when in the day they worked their allotted hours. Now, companies are allowing more and more employees to work from home and are allowing them to focus on tasks rather than working for a set 40 hours a week.
A growing trend for millennials is the abolition of the 40 hour work week. Advances in machinery, increased wealth, and literacy has allowed companies to be more efficient which could ultimately eliminate the need for workers to stay and essentially "take up time".
Do you believe America is trending towards a more production based wage system or will they stick with the hours as a basis of measurement?
https://www.economist.com/business/2020/10/17/countering-the-tyranny-of-the-clock
2 comments:
I believe America is trending towards a production-based wage system because people are working from the comfort of their homes and it will be difficult to measure the amount of time they spend working since they are not being monitored. Rather the level of productivity should be used to determine wages as this will make people more effective and attain great results
I think with these recent implementation the US is trending towards a production based wage system and with talks of raising the minimum wage it will be interesting how this different wage system affect it
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