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Here in the Netherlands is very, very common to have 3 or 4-day working weeks. Those free days are usually taken by parents who want to stay at home and take ca
by tirant 10y ago
Here in the Netherlands is very, very common to have 3 or 4-day working weeks. Those free days are usually taken by parents who want to stay at home and take care of their children, but also by older people. I barely know anyone that takes extra hours either. At 5pm almost everyone has left the office.
- peatmoss 10y agoAh yes, I should have specified the US. When I lived in New Zealand, I think my contracts were based around a 36.5 hour week. Even that was noticeably nicer than the 40+ hour expectation here in the states.
- glenndebacker 10y agoIn Belgium that is also mostly the case. But at my current company we have a 40 hour weeks (and a lot of unpaid overtime) because for some bizarre reason management is convinced "that is how successful Silicon valley does it". I personally think that American dominance in technology has to do with other things than low pay/max hours, but who am I. This is the first time in more then a decade that I am working in such a regime and I'm not really convinced that I am now more productive then ever. Au contraire, I have the feeling that I'm working more on autopilot and I'm a lot less creative in solving problems. In the past when I was dealing with a problem, solutions often came when I was doing something mundane like driving or gardening. I got my best solutions/idea's when I was away from my computer. The moment you could switch off and put your unconscious mind to work, now I frankly don't have the time.