[00:00]–[03:07]
Introduction
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Will Durst tells viewers
that Americans are working longer and longer hours as the traditional
9-5 workday becomes less of a standard. |
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[03:07]–[06.28]
Segment 1
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San Francisco, CA - At
Flickerbox, a young Internet media company, employees find
themselves constantly working to meet deadlines, please clients,
and get ahead in the dot-com race. As one employee says, people
are worried that if they don't work such long, fast hours,
they will lose out to their competitors.
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[06.28]–[10.36]
Segment 2
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The Livelycam talks to
people around the country, who share their opinions about
long hours and exhausting schedules.
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[10:36]–[14.18]
Segment 3
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Woodbridge, VA - Pamela
Henderson, a computer specialist, also has an extended workday—but
for different reasons. Pamela's daily commute from the suburbs
into Washington, D.C. adds an extra 3 hours to her workday.
How does she handle it? They key seems to be having many diversions,
from singing and praying to thinking about the time she will
spend with her kids at the end of the day.
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[14.18]–[17.08]
Segment 4
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Columbus, IN - Tim Perry
used to work 12-hour shifts regularly for his company, Metro
Plastics. He now works 6-hour shifts and gets paid for 8,
thanks to a plan called 30/40. With this plan, workers work
30 hours while getting paid for 40. Ron Healy, a proponent
of the plan, believes this makes workers more productive.
He believes that it's not the number of hours you spend at
work that counts, it's what you do while you're there. Because
of his new schedule, Tim now has time to go back to school
and more time to spend with his family.
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[17.08]–[19.24]
Segment 5
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Seattle, WA - Will tries
his hand at working as a lackey for an Internet business called
Mylackey.com. This company specializes in taking care of menial
tasks that overworked business types don't seem to have time
for. Watch Will move boxes, pick up laundry, and investigate
the business of running other people's errands.
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[19:55]–[25:40]
Segment 6
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Livermore, CA - Two women
at Lawrence Livermore Lab have found a unique solution to
finding free time—job sharing. Collectively, Rita Brown
and Sheryl Goodman are the financial manager for the lab.
They've found that by sharing one office, one phone, and one
job, they each have more time to spend on other activities.
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[25:40]–[30:27]
Segment 7
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Will presents a brief history
of the 8-hour workday—from working for survival to union
rallies to legislation regulating overtime. He asks: Have
we gone back to the 24-hour workdays of our ancestors?
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[33:01]–[36:34]
Segment 8
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San Francisco, CA - Back
at Flickerbox, employees share their stay-awake secrets, their
longest workdays (60 hours!), and their thoughts about the
round-the-clock work culture.
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[37:51]–[40:56]
Segment 9 |
New
York, NY - Will takes a lunch break with famed advertising
executive Jerry Della Femina. They discuss the old days, in
which three martini lunches were not uncommon. Jerry tells Will
he misses those more relaxed days, since nowadays everyone is
so serious about work. |
[44.28]–[46:36]
Segment 10 |
Denver,
CO - At this Alcoa factory, overtime used to be mandatory
and workers had grueling schedules. Now things are different.
Management and workers together created a revolutionary work
culture in which day-to-day operations are run by teams of workers.
Without traditional managers, people set their own schedules
and have much greater autonomy. |
[46:36]–[51:19]
Segment 11 |
Berkeley,
MO - At Airport School, students and teachers have an extended
school year. Dedicated teachers such as Jerie Rhode find themselves
working extremely long hours before and after the school day.
Why are they willing to work such long hours for relatively
low pay? Jerie says she finds rewards in her relationships with
the students. She says she thinks teaching is the best career
anyone could choose.
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[53:57]–[55:30]
Conclusion
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