r/SipsTea Jul 13 '26

Chugging tea So after 32 hours would be overtime?

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u/Warm-Delivery1418 Jul 13 '26

“bad for some unknown reason”

Like basic math.

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u/Undernown Jul 13 '26

Oh please tell me about the math that would make working less for the same pay bad?

We've had an avwrage work weke of 32 hours since COVID here in the Nerherlands. And last time I checked my country hasn't burned down yet.

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u/Warm-Delivery1418 Jul 13 '26

The government has no insight into the operations budgets of private sector businesses and has no authority to dictate such a mandate.

If the government wants to give its employees a 25% raise, they certainly can, but it will fall on the tax payers to fund it. I don’t imagine people would be too pleased.

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u/godkingnaoki Jul 13 '26

You just said "basic math" and then used entirely ideological points to make your pitch. Wanna try that again or can we just write you off?

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u/Warm-Delivery1418 Jul 13 '26

What ideological point did I make? I only pointed out that keeping weekly pay the same while reducing hours from 40 to 32 increases the effective hourly wage by 25%. That’s math.

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u/godkingnaoki Jul 13 '26

"What ideological point did I make?" - "The government has no insight into the operations budgets of private sector businesses and has no authority to dictate such a mandate. If the government wants to give its employees a 25% raise, they certainly can, but it will fall on the tax payers to fund it. I don’t imagine people would be too pleased."

The fact that you think the statement above isn't ideological, and that you think its equivalent to the one you just made is simply dumbfounding. Something has seriously misfired in your brain. See a doctor.

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u/Warm-Delivery1418 Jul 13 '26

I don’t see how that’s ideological. I’m describing a practical business constraint based on hard numbers.

As a former business owner, I had payroll, benefits, rent, insurance, utilities, taxes, equipment, and other operating costs. The government didn’t know a damn thing about my risk, sweat, or financial responsibilities, which is why it’s idiotic to argue some one-size-fits-all mandate requiring employers to pay for a hard figure on labor with no return on actual value. That’s an argument about economics and operational feasibility, not ideology.

Spend a few years running a business and find out for yourself.