Personally, I hate to work on a farm and feel like I have to click really fast in order to get one crop harvested or one field plowed... it is not fun to have to fight for work.... I hope that people will give this a try and see that it can work for everyone.
No, I was still fighting for work with another person a couple of minutes ago. The fighting is especially fierce when two workers work very near to each other (we were working at different places at first, but then we met). With the old arrangement, I can find somewhere further away from my "opponent" and work, but now the opportunity cost of changing the working location is too high, because it takes too much time.
Also, there is less chance of a harvester getting hired to plow, too. Again, speed is the key.