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Old Apr 22, 2009, 7:59 am
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Originally Posted by RustyC
I'd highly recommend reading the book "The Overworked American" by Juliet Schor. She documents in great detail how, over the long term, U.S. employers have always pushed to pay out rewards of increased productivity as more money (if they have to part with it) rather than more leisure time.
I actually tried to trade my raise for additional vacation days at my last job. They didn't bite - it actually freaked them out a bit that I'd ask such a thing - but it did set the stage that allowed me to be a bit more liberal with a flexible schedule and days that I was not necessarily available.
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