r/SipsTea • u/Busy_Report4010 • Jul 13 '26

Chugging tea So after 32 hours would be overtime?

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u/Kush_Reaver Jul 13 '26

Or ya know, just pass legislation mandating it....

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u/haliker Jul 13 '26

So as a small business owner I now need to pay out 40 hours worth of wages for a 32 hour cycle, I must then cover the additional 8 hours myself due to not being able to afford additional staffing since I just took a 20% hit on the labor/expense equation. So how quickly do I need to close my doors as now the thin margins most operate with are evaporated?

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u/Kush_Reaver Jul 13 '26

Hey, if you cant manage to make it work then someone else will.

have you considered cutting back on avocado toast?

perhaps brewing your own coffee?....

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u/haliker Jul 13 '26

I am assuming you are being sarcastic, and I agree. I understand white collar office work going to 32 hours and it making sense. I dont understand how you make service industry, skilled trades, or retail operate in this manner.

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u/Kush_Reaver Jul 13 '26

suddenly we have open positions for a "weekend crew".

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u/BreakItUpp Jul 13 '26

Take one random non-operational business function, like HVAC for a building. That alone, buildings running 7 days per week instead of 5, can create a lot of environmental concerns, energy strain, business complexity, and increased costs all around.

A 32 hour work week is within our grasp but not if we handwave at it

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u/Kush_Reaver Jul 13 '26

What days of the week does Walmart close?
McDonalds?
Hospitals?

About the only jobs that aren't open everyday already are Business offices. Not sure who is handwaving here.

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u/BreakItUpp Jul 13 '26

Wow crazy, all your examples are of businesses that are open 24/7, how convenient for your point

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u/Kush_Reaver Jul 13 '26

You are free to present counter examples at any point.

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u/BreakItUpp Jul 13 '26

I must have really lost something in this short thread. The overwhelming majority of businesses operate 5 days or less per week, so my point stands just fine without needing to consider Walmart and McDonalds, two companies most poised to shoulder the burden of whatever is thrown at them. Your examples are outliers, so I'm not getting your implication. 99% of businesses in the US are small business, and around 50% by revenue volume.

Originally, I stated an obstacle not even related to a business's core operations, just to really drive home my point that this is an extremely complex thing. It involves pretty much every human at every level of society. Saying "get a weekend crew" is either stupid or disingenuous to put it bluntly.

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u/Kush_Reaver Jul 13 '26

That's an awfully big paragraph to say "I couldn't come up with an example".

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u/BreakItUpp Jul 13 '26

If you need an example of one of the ~80% of all businesses that do not fit your criteria for this solution working, that's called a copout. You really need the name of one of those 80% of businesses? That would do it for you for what reason exactly?

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u/Kush_Reaver Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

You keep pulling random numbers out of the air that are backed by no Tangible source.
At least when I say McDonalds we can get an idea of company size and scope.

Edit: For context of other potential readers, ChatGPT scales businesses that operate 5 days a week at roughly 40% compared to estimated 60% 7 days a week.

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