The Surprising Reason We Have a 40-Hour Work Week thenextweb.com  •  This post orig­i­nal­ly appeared on the ooomf blog."As long as you get your eight hours in."I used to hear this phrase a lot.The think­ing is that as long as you put in a set amount of time work­ing (usu­al­ly at least eight hours... Sent from Flipboard, your personal magazine—a single place to discover and share the news you care about. On Mobile and have a Flipboard account? Open this in the app