The lecturer discusses the drawbacks of Four-day workweek. This contradicts the reading passage’s claim that Four-day workweek has lots of advantage. First, the speaker points out that employers suffer from financial problem. This is because they have to hire more employees. Consequently they spend a large amount money to wage. Also by hiring many employees, they must expend their money to training cost and insurance cost. This is in direct opposition to the reading passage’s point that employers do not need to spend lots of money because they do not build many infrastructures. Second, according to the lecturer, Four-day workweek has many drawbacks for employees. Since they only work four days in a week, they can not a lot of improve their skill. Also they will not be able to complete their assigned. As a result they cannot competitive with five-day workweek workers. This is in contrast to the reading, which states that through Four-day workweek employees have lots of benefits. It is because they will enjoy relax time with their friends and family. The final point made in the lecture is that Four-day workweek cannot be good at economy. This is because Four-day workweek gives stress to employers. Also employees work only four times in a week, products’ quality will be lowed. This is different from the passage’s view that Four-day workweek have a good effects because Four-day workweek create lots of job opening. |