Why cannot be there optional working hours?

[User_22d0f3a1]

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User_22d0f3a1
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February 25, 2025 at 1:42 am

The 8-9 working hours is a now a norm in this world. Even this rule is exploited by many mid and small sized companies. Some large sized MNC make you work 11 hours for 6 days in the name of “Training”.

Why is there no option for optional working hours ? According to my experience optional hours is possible at least for the lowest levels of management.

Mostly the part time job we get in India is in some independent restaurant, shop etc or by tutoring people yourself. You can’t have freedom of working hours until you are a total expert of some field.

How can we ever focus on something else if we are always busy with a daily 9 hours job ?

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[Megaguy4519]

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Megaguy4519
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February 25, 2025 at 1:51 am

Because other potential replacements are willing to do the work you aren’t. Companies will want them instead. You can choose to work lesser hours if you want – that’s your choice. Chances are, no company will hire you.

This isn’t a legal question. No law is preventing you from working fewer hours.

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[User_22d0f3a1]

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February 25, 2025 at 5:26 pm

It’s not about companies. It’s about people. If companies want they can make people work 12 hours and there will be people willing to work for that long.

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[Desishark6045]

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Desishark6045
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February 25, 2025 at 6:17 am

Imagine the electricity is gone in your house and AC is not working and its hot and you cant sleep. When you call the electricity board no one answers because they are on optional working hours, is that okay for you?

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[User_22d0f3a1]

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February 25, 2025 at 5:24 pm

That does not mean that there are limited electricians. They will be working in different shifts.

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[Desishark6045]

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Desishark6045
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February 26, 2025 at 5:31 am

But according to your theory one need freedom of working hours. who wants to work saturday night or sunday.

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[User_22d0f3a1]

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February 26, 2025 at 5:10 pm

They already are independent workers. They work on night times and they charge extra. It’s not a corporate setting. My question was especially targeted towards the corporate culture of 9 hours

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[Desishark6045]

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Desishark6045
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February 26, 2025 at 5:22 pm

But if no one wants to work night shift, government will make someone work right. also sundays. Where is their freedom

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[User_22d0f3a1]

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February 27, 2025 at 4:18 pm

There will not be people who wouldn’t want to work since the pay is higher at night. Not everyone with choose to work less since the pay is less. Some people willingly work more than 12 hours because they just like to earn money.

Some people don’t want to work even 6 hours even at a lesser pay because for them something is more important than earning money and they just want enough to fill their stomach

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[Desishark6045]

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Desishark6045
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February 27, 2025 at 4:52 pm

Its the same with MNC. If you want to rise in career, get better pay, work harder.

or you can choose a job with less pay and work time will be less.

but asking a company to pay well and work less isnt fair

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[User_22d0f3a1]

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March 2, 2025 at 6:08 am

No, you will be paid according to the hours you work. But there’s no job with less work hours. It’s fixed upon 9

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