The working week should be shorter and workers should have a longer weekend. Do you agree or disagree?

There is a view about less working duration in a week is better for
employees
and weekend should be longer.
This
essay agrees that a shorter working week benefits
employees
and employers.
This
is caused by tiredness makes employee use their
time
unproductively and
happiness
will increase their
performance
.
Firstly
, if
employees
feel tired, they tend to do unproductive things. By
this
I mean tiredness usually leads to loss of concentration.
Therefore
, they are likely to leave their
work
and do something else unrelated to the
work
.
For example
, many workers in Indonesia have a habit that they tend to have a chat with others about other things for 1-2
hours
before they clock out when they feel tired.
However
, these unproductive
hours
can be just eliminated by shortening the working
hours
,
hence
the
employees
will have more free
time
and the employer does not need to pay them for those unnecessary
hours
.
Secondly
, the
happiness
level of
employees
will determine their
performance
. To be more precise, workers who have more free
time
to have fun will increase their
happiness
level and
this
leads to them being willing to
work
harder makes them have better
performance
.
For instance
, some high-earning companies in the United States have less working
time
by 2
hours
for their
employees
compared to the usual 9 to 5 working
hours
.
As a result
, they are happy to
work
harder and use their
time
productively
instead
of complaining about long working
hours
and procrastinating their tasks.
Therefore
, the company’s productivity increases a lot. In conclusion, tiredness will lead to unproductive
hours
and the
happiness
level of
employees
determines their
performance
, it should be better to extend
weekend
Add an article
the weekend
show examples
duration and shorten the working week.
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  • productivity
  • burnout
  • motivation
  • mental well-being
  • work-life balance
  • job satisfaction
  • pollution levels
  • traffic congestion
  • consumer spending
  • economic implications
  • leisure and service sectors
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