No, I'm not a marxist.
I do, however, believe that there will be a small rebellion in the service based economy we have in the US right now. Bear with me as I explain:
The 40 hour work week, once mandated by law, has long since passed us by. With the emergence of the service economy, workers are being asked to work more and more for less and less benefits - and by benefits I mean not only quality health care and retirement plans, but raises and salaries as well.
Add on top of this the work cell phones, the blackberries, accessing your work e-mail from home, laptops... It's hard to break the leash, and many find themselves working at home instead of spending time with their family or, god forbid, having some time to themselves.
I'm pretty confident that someday, down the road, there will be a backlash. For now, though, I offer a solution... Optional Fridays. before I get killed for this, let me explain.
Most Fridays are already casual. Let's now encourage the work from home aspect for those days, so it can be truly casual. Sure, many people will take advantage of this to start, but after a few months of it, you'll see people filter in throughout the day to get stuff doen and then go home... with no problems from their superiors. I honeslty bet productivity would increase because people would have less incentive to sit at their desk and do nothing. Get that project finished? Have a three day weekend.
Sounds good to me.
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