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In France working 35h/week is actually enforced by law. I personally think it's good for productivity (France is still considered a very productive country, mor
by rloc 11y ago
In France working 35h/week is actually enforced by law. I personally think it's good for productivity (France is still considered a very productive country, more than Germany for instance) but this law remains regularly critiziced. Many want it removed or updated.
It's very hard to measure human productivity unfortunately. It's much easier to measure the cost of an employee working less hours for the same salary.
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoThere's a very weird and irrational belief that more hours on the job means more productivity. Projects are often goal-based now. But management hasn't entirely caught up with the idea that jobs are no longer about clock punching - and longer clock times can mean less real worker value. This is partly about power dynamics in the workplace. In many corporations control of time and personal freedom are perks that are only available as you move up the hierarchy. Dysfunctional cultures are much more interested in explicit displays of limited freedom for the worker bees than in true increases in productivity.
- yaantc 11y agoNot entirely true (I'm French BTW). In a lot of companies if you're engineer or similar you're "cadre", and not subject to the 35h/week limitation: you have flexible work day hours. There's still a maximum limit, I think you must have at least 10h of rest a day but don't quote me on that one. To compensate for the more than 35h/week work days you do have more vacation days call RTT for "Reduction du Temps de Travail" (Work Time Reduction). It's about 8 days per years, on top of regular vacations.