The Breakfast Club - Should We Have A Four Day Work Week In America?

Episode Date: March 20, 2023

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I ain't no way that I like me That you know you'll get what that Call me And drop in your to the breakfast club top Come on 800-585-1051 Morning everybody it's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy We are The Breakfast Club, we got our co-host Jason Lee

And if you're just joining us we we're talking about the four-day work week. Now, they're saying that a four-day work week actually is better for workers. They said it's better for productivity. It's better for health. It's even better for finances. So we're asking, would you want to do a four-day work week? But that does

mean you would have to work 10 hours a day for four days. I'm not mad at that. I would do my 10 hours a day and get off Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Baby, we all love what we do, so you're always working. When you're not here, you're working. Your wife's working. We're always working. So this generation wants an excuse to be at home, period.

I think it'll make people more productive. Like, for example, I don't do Monday as well. Like, I really don't even get in my groove until Tuesday. Even here at the breakfast club there's certain things we don't do on monday i try not to do like interviews after the show right or nor do we like doing interviews on friday after the show because we'd be ready to get out of here yesterday sunday i met my daughter's cheerleading competition all weekend drove back three and a half hours from rhode island although i love coming in here because the energy in this studio is fantastic this year. I mean,

I haven't had to light my stage once, but I would still rather not have to talk until tomorrow. But what changed this year that you have to bring your stage? It's not the hours. Just the studio,

the energy, so. See, I would say the same. I just flew back in Sunday and yes, I need a kickstart. You know what I mean? I need Tuesday.

That's what I'm saying. I want to start on Tuesday. Monday is kind of tough. That's why even with interviews on monday you're kind of down a little bit now to jason's point i i there's i love everything that i do and there's multiple you know businesses that i have my hand in so i guess when i say i would need a four-day work week it's just from radio i don't want to get up at six o'clock in the morning to do radio on a Monday morning. But you've been doing it for all these years and that's why you guys are in the Radio Hall of Fame. That's right. And that's how I know I need a four

day work week. Because I've been doing it so long. That's how I know. Either Monday or Friday you gotta go, bro. See, but this is the thing. Even when I miss a day, I miss it though. I'm not going to sit here and lie. Like, when we off, I'll be like, damn. I still get up the same time. My body gets good. I ain't going to tell that lie now. Nah? It depends what's going on.

I enjoy my time off. I'm going to tell y'all that right now. I enjoy my time off. The Breakfast Club is endorsing this ridiculousness. I've notified my entire staff. I will relocate Hollywood Unlocked to Dominican Republic or somewhere else. Y'all can't take a

day off, though, because y'all are a blog. Do we call y'all a blog? No day off, though, because y'all are a blog. Do we call y'all a blog? No, they try, but no. We're a media company. You're a media company. 24-7. You're a media company that's 24-7. Who are your media company?

Sorta. Shut up. Let's go to the phone line. Sorta. Hello, who's this? Michelle, good morning. Hey, Michelle, good morning. Talk to us.

Four-day work week? All right. I've done the 4 day work week I did it when I used to work For C-Mobile But it was a little different We did it for 10 hours a day But I loved it

I loved having 3 days off Damn I'm telling you What days did you have off? Friday, Saturday, Sunday Oh that's the perfect That's perfect So Thursday when your day is over

You can just bounce if you need to Yeah and it really wasn't that late It was like 2 to 10 So you can still go out. You could still do things. You kind of slept in a little bit. Now I have kids, so it's a little different. I'm not going to lie.

I'd rather have the Monday. The only reason I'd rather have the Monday is because Friday you get off work, so you got all day Friday to do whatever you want to do, all day Saturday and all day Sunday. I'd rather that than have the Friday off. Yeah, I'd rather take the Friday off. Thursday you get out of work, you get out of work when you get out of work.

Then you can dip on Thursday night. Now you got the full day Friday, full day Saturday, come back Sunday. We're flying back from places on a Sunday night to have to work on Monday morning. It ain't never hit, bro.

You know what I'm saying? I'd be needing that Monday to recover sometimes. And I guess it also depends on what your career is. If you have to go into something physically, then I can understand it

probably being something you don't want to do. Hello, who's this? It's Troy. Hey, Troy, what's going on? Good morning. Listening to y'all every day, man. Thank you, Troy.

Appreciate you, brother. We're talking about the four-day work week. What's your opinion? Oh, I'm all about it. We do that right now where I'm at. Where you at?

Down here in the South Carolina. Where you at in South Carolina? Collin, Motor Beach. And where you work at? Did you got a four-day work week? We do underground utility work. Oh, okay. But you work one day through Thursday.

You work a lot then. Yeah, one day through Thursday, 10 hours a day. See, I'm not mad at that. I don't like the 10-hour a day thing. Because at least Friday, you get to do what you need to do. Yeah, man, that ain't bad.

Go by before you know it. For real? It's only extra two hours. Maybe that is worth it. Lunch break, you know? Yeah, maybe that is worth it to have an extra day off. I know a lot of medical people do it sometimes. They do, like, the shifts, and then they take a certain amount of days off.

And I think you get two breaks and an hour lunch, too. So it kind of goes, yeah, pretty bad. But I still don't like this conversation. You don't get an hour lunch when you're working 9 to 5? No, I think you get 30 minutes. What the hell is going on? We don't get lunch up here. Well, I mean, because we're here for breakfast, duh.

Oh, yeah. Jesus Christ. There's still lunch. You are a genius. It's the middle of the day. I am. Thank you. But 800-585-1051.

We're talking a four-day work week. Do you prefer that? Let's talk about it. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj envy charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club jason lee is here now if you're just joining us we're talking about a four-day work week now they're saying

this four-day work week is supposed to work for people very, very well. They're saying it helps with people's productivity, their health, finances approved, and there's a lot of companies doing it. So, if you want to work a four-day work week, do you think it's better? Do you think it's worth? Would you do it? I'm all in for the four-day work week. I'm all about it, baby. I'm not going to lie.

Give me that Friday off or that Monday off. I really want that Monday. Monday is the tough day. Tuesday, my mouth don't even get work until Tuesday. Pause. Maybe. I'm not pausing nothing. I'm grump. Alright. Top tier trade. Top tier trade, baby.

Juliette! Hi! Hey, good morning. Good morning, good morning, guys. Where you calling from, mama? Well, I'm currently from Long Island, New York, but I currently reside in Georgia. I got to Georgia. Georgia. Okay, we're talking about a four-day work week.

What's your thoughts, mama? I think the four-day work week is great because it gives people an extra day to handle personal business like court that's true or any type of business that happens only like nine to five when regular people you know business people work a nine to five you won't have to take off you won't lose your money i think it sounds good yeah that makes sense and i never understood that anyway a lot of the places that people have to go to close on the weekends but that's the only time that they can actually go is the weekend. Because they work. Yes, right.

Yes, I never understood that. And that's why a lot of people don't handle certain business because they have to work in order to live their life, but they can't make it to the business that's only still nine to five. What day would you want, Friday or Monday? All right, Charlamagne. I love you, but you may be like, all right, now.

What you think? Friday or Monday? Oh, in the middle of the week. You might need a nap in the middle of the week. No, I ain't doing it in the middle of the week. No, no. You do realize if you're off on Monday. Yeah, I agree.

But I'm going to take Monday because I don't really like getting up on Monday. Me too. Thank you, Mama. But you do realize if you take Monday off, Tuesday is now your Monday. I'm fine with that. It'll feel. Thank you, mama. But you do realize if you take Monday off, Tuesday's now your Monday. I'm fine with that. It'll feel different, though.

I can't explain it. I just know that if I don't got to get up Monday, Tuesday, I'm ready. All right. I just need that day of recovery on Monday sometime, bro. Hello, who's this? You couldn't be Scottie Pippen. Hey, this is Joe. I'm from North Carolina, 2-6.

What's up, brother? We're talking a four-day work week. Could you do it? Yeah, yeah. I did it, man, about 20 years ago, man. I worked for the spot. You know, we worked Monday through Thursday, but it was 7-7, so it was 12 hours. So you got eight hours overtime, you know what I'm saying?

Oh, so you got overtime. You know, man, but like all the men, it's like, yeah, yeah, you got eight hours overtime, but 40, then eight. Where did you work? What did you have to do? Well, it was a place called Crumple Plastic Pikes. I had this little spot called Roseboro, man. North Carolina.

It made pipes. That's all we did. Jesus. So Friday, Saturday, you was tired as hell. You was recovering. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. There you go. But I wish, like Charlamagne said, it was Friday because Monday, you know what I mean? You could recover on that day for real, for real.

I'm telling you, man. Think about when you've been out all weekend. Like, say on Sunday, especially when the summertime hitting is day party season, and you've been drinking. You need that day to recover on a Monday. You want to go hit the sauna. You want to go hit the gym. Do you go to day parties?

No. You don't go nowhere. You don't know. But even if it ain't a day party, you might just be drinking somewhere. You might just be out enjoying a barbecue, a cookout. You need that Monday to get all that out your system so you're back on Tuesday. Get you a good IV. Seven to seven, your whole life is just at work. I couldn't do it. Chantel, good morning.

Hi, good morning. This is Chantel from Richland, Virginia. Hey, Chantel. Hey, I love y'all so much. I definitely agree with the four-day work week. I work in dialysis and it's always been working a 12-hour shift in which you do have a good, healthy work-life balance. But recently, I definitely stepped down to three days a week in which I'm off on Mondays. I'm actually home right now. So it is definitely a good way of living. living and like you said um um charlamagne when you just said that if you went out or something

on the weekend you have that monday to recover it really helps you out a lot now you said a three day work week how like how much do you work for a three-day work week so i'll put in like a 12 hour shift and i do have another i have a business like i run my own business so i definitely try to balance out you know working still having to work but also pushing my business so yeah can you do a three-day work week no that's and that's part-time because it's 3 12 so 36 hours yeah nah there's countries that have already adopted this by the way denmark norway germany the netherlands iceland cambodia i'll tell you some places in the u.s that's all the places hollywood a lot will not be real. But what's the moral of the story?

The moral of the story is, man, I think it'll increase productivity. It'll make people feel, you know, like they're getting more bang for their buck. I really feel that way. The moral of the story is find you a career that you're in love with so that way it doesn't feel like work and just work your ass off. Absolutely. You still need a break. You need that time off sometimes just for your mental and emotional health sometimes, man.

I need that time away. Or just have sex four times a day. You'll be good. Now, that's ridiculous. That's ridiculous. Would you rather work five days a week or sex four times a day? What happened now? Say that again.

Would I rather have what? Would you rather work five days a week or sex four times a day? Five days a week or sex four times a day? Five days a week. Nobody got time to be having sex no four times a day. Jesus. That's ridiculous. We do, we do.

Slim Thug doesn't want to be gay so he's not wearing designer clothes. What? I'll make it make sense later. Alright, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.