As there is increasing unemployment in the world, while at the same time those who have jobs are working harder and harder, it would be better to have a four-day working week for everyone, and so to create more jobs. In what extent do you agree or disagree?

 As there is increasing unemployment in the world, while at the same time those who have jobs are working harder and harder, it would be better to have a four-day working week for everyone, and so to create more jobs. In what extent do you agree or disagree?      

 In the wake of rising joblessness, many are trying to find appropriate remedies to this, one of suggestions includes shrinking the working week to four days. The supporters of this thought feel this may help create more jobs though there are voices of dissent on this proposal. 

 This proposal of incorporating a shorter working week, that is of four days, finds its support in the assumption that under such settings the businesses will be forced to hire additional personnel to compensate for day offs of current work force,  and complete the work, in order to sustain operations and meet deadlines. Such a move would render opportunities to others in need of work to get jobs,  thus bringing down the number of jobless individuals.

However, a great skepticism is being expressed about this scheme: many feel such an arrangement  will prove to be counterproductive  since the dearth of employment  is not a deliberate creation but an aftermath of economic down turn, and enforcing such an ambitious plan, will instead exacerbate the situation of unemployment by making organizations vulnerable to losses, by virtue of paying more money for the same amount of work.  

 Moreover, many feel that the desired outcome, creation of more jobs, may not be achieved, the employers may instead resort to increasing the number working hours on other days to offsetting the  impact of a shorter working week schedule. It seems quite viable that managements of organizations will hardly plan more appointments when they are deriving adequate outputs from the existing work strength.

 In conclusion, I feel this idea lacks substance and  is a recipe for disaster. Many organizations are already finding it hard to optimize their cost of operations  due to dwindling revenues, and such a move may do more harm than good.