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A review by mcloonejack
Overtime: Why We Need A Shorter Working Week by Kyle Lewis, Will Stronge
5.0
“The fight for a shorter working week will therefore be just that: a fight. While the case for a radical policy agenda must be kept alive in political parties of the Left through members, activists, progressive think tanks and journalists, the fight for free time will be won by building power in the workplace and across society at large.”
With “Overtime,” Stronge and Lewis have crafted not just a tight, compelling argument for the necessity of (at minimum) a four-day work week, but also sketch out a roadmap for achieving it.
This work shouldn’t be considered comprehensive in either respect; it’s only 99 pages (before you get to the notes). (As an aside: why are there multiple reviews mad that this only “scratches the surface.” Of course if only does? What did you expect?) But there isn’t a page wasted, as it manages to not just touch on the need for a shorter work week for the conventional work-life balance reasons, but also look at it from a gender and race equality frame and also in the push for environmental protection.
This is a great starting point for those looking to begin to think about how radically our conception of work, and it’s controlling role in our lives, needs to change.
With “Overtime,” Stronge and Lewis have crafted not just a tight, compelling argument for the necessity of (at minimum) a four-day work week, but also sketch out a roadmap for achieving it.
This work shouldn’t be considered comprehensive in either respect; it’s only 99 pages (before you get to the notes). (As an aside: why are there multiple reviews mad that this only “scratches the surface.” Of course if only does? What did you expect?) But there isn’t a page wasted, as it manages to not just touch on the need for a shorter work week for the conventional work-life balance reasons, but also look at it from a gender and race equality frame and also in the push for environmental protection.
This is a great starting point for those looking to begin to think about how radically our conception of work, and it’s controlling role in our lives, needs to change.