Employeranon here.
Currently, we have a moral hazard in our country. Emergency measures to keep liquidity in the economy have made it better to get fired and work 0 hours than to work at all. Modern monetary theorists be damned, this check will get cashed someday, even if it is only cultural damage. (Don't worry, there will be price action effects as well, don't get all sweaty.)
You see, "work is for suckers". NEET eats tendies, sauce and fries.
We are becoming an entitlement culture. Look around at the world, and see how the entitlement cultures are doing. They're drowning in stagnant economies.
Why the fuck would you get paid double if you didn't invent, realize, or implement the technology?
Let's imagine: If I own an accounting company, and I write or buy some software or machine that does 50% of the work, you expect to get paid double? Is that your expectation?
Or, wait -- You expect to work half the hours? Oh, so we could take on 2X THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS now, but, you think the better plan is to work 4 hours a day. Oh, wow, what a brilliant fucking plan, you are really making a strong argument that you should be in charge of the distribution of resources in society.
It's also an argument that I should just fire you and find someone who has some kids to feed and wants to work as many hours as payroll will allow. You thoughtless, hopeless, dolt.
Oh -- you expect to retire sooner? I see, so the productivity gains create enhanced profit (that is, if I buy the tech, fire and replace you ($$$), retrain them, ramp up marketing, acquire 2X the volume of billable client work without breaking the system), one of the CORRECT uses is to set it aside in a bank account with your name on it so you can retire at 50.
Aren't I already doing that? Isn't that just equivlalent to contributing to your 401k which I already match? You get to choose how much of your paycheck you want to go to your retirement. What the fuck do you want.