A 6 hour work day is the only reason I would consider moving to Sweden.
For all of you that work 8 hour days, lets be honest; you spend most of your day on Facebook and Instagram. Back when I worked full days, I remember most of my day was spent either trying to stay awake, or trying to find things to do other than work. Research even states that working more than 40 hours a week can have really bad side effects down the line including the risk of stroke and heart disease.
Sweden, in an effort to excel at something besides making cheap furniture, is moving towards a 6 hour work day to create a healthier work-life balance. They say it’s to motivate the working force to actually work more while in the office, but who knows.
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A study published in the Lancet in September analyzed 600,000 people from the US, Europe, and Australia and found that people who worked 55+ hours per week (basically everyone in New York) had a 33 percent higher chance of having a stroke, and a 13% higher chance of developing coronary heart disease.
The moral of the story is, we aren’t supposed to be ‘working’ 8 hours a day. It’s bad for our health. Sweden already makes cheaper furniture and better meatballs than us, are we really going to let them revolutionize the work day, too?
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