What Henry Ford Did With The Assembly Line
The six hour work day will not work in my opinion. Despite what Henry Ford did with the assembly line. The French and the Swedish had 6 hour work days that did not work. British had luck with it in the boarding schools, but for the work place it will not work.
Article 1 argues that the shorter work day is more productive. The author uses a British boarding school for an example. paragraph 2 states that the school changed their start time, from 8:30 to 10:00 AM and students grades went up 19%. I dont think comparing school and work is fair so it is void in my opinon.
Henry Ford changed the worked day from 11 - 12 hours to 8 hours stated in paragraph 1 of the first artical. He did this with an assembly line in 1914, but it was 8 hours. Six
hours would of slowed the process resulting in less work being done per day becasue of the time restraint.
The authors both bring up France and Sweden in their articles. First article states they had better productivity. Workers had less distraction to enable intense focus. Article 2 states that the intense focus described resulted in workers being more prone to illness.
Economically the 6 hour work day does not benefit employer or employee. In paragraph 2 of the second article, the author wrote "workers, they lose two hours' wages each day." and "employers have to come up with money to hire the additional staff needed to cover now-empty shifts." I conclude that a 6 hour work day will not work in the United States. The french and Swedish have triedthen failed. Working 8 hours a day in fair, healthier and more economical.
Article 1 argues that the shorter work day is more productive. The author uses a British boarding school for an example. paragraph 2 states that the school changed their start time, from 8:30 to 10:00 AM and students grades went up 19%. I dont think comparing school and work is fair so it is void in my opinon.
Henry Ford changed the worked day from 11 - 12 hours to 8 hours stated in paragraph 1 of the first artical. He did this with an assembly line in 1914, but it was 8 hours. Six
hours would of slowed the process resulting in less work being done per day becasue of the time restraint.
The authors both bring up France and Sweden in their articles. First article states they had better productivity. Workers had less distraction to enable intense focus. Article 2 states that the intense focus described resulted in workers being more prone to illness.
Economically the 6 hour work day does not benefit employer or employee. In paragraph 2 of the second article, the author wrote "workers, they lose two hours' wages each day." and "employers have to come up with money to hire the additional staff needed to cover now-empty shifts." I conclude that a 6 hour work day will not work in the United States. The french and Swedish have triedthen failed. Working 8 hours a day in fair, healthier and more economical.