Your issue with the Embassy is not that they work only 3 days a week (they likely keep themselves busy 5 days like everybody else).
Even in 'socialist' europe with its harsh enforcement of 5 day weeks you can typically go shopping on at least 6 days a week.
You can also shop for more than 8 hours every day despite 8 hour shifts.
That's just a simple scheduling puzzle, and (the much harder issue) of sharing the gains in profit that come from increased productivity.
By the way, the Jetsons TV show envisioned a 3 times 3 hours work week (with enough income to feed a family of 4 and even have a robotic maid). In the 60s.
I happily forfeit my right to flying cars or jetpacks in favor of that.
Even in 'socialist' europe with its harsh enforcement of 5 day weeks you can typically go shopping on at least 6 days a week. You can also shop for more than 8 hours every day despite 8 hour shifts. That's just a simple scheduling puzzle, and (the much harder issue) of sharing the gains in profit that come from increased productivity.
By the way, the Jetsons TV show envisioned a 3 times 3 hours work week (with enough income to feed a family of 4 and even have a robotic maid). In the 60s. I happily forfeit my right to flying cars or jetpacks in favor of that.