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Of course there are cultural differences, but this has nothing to do with "work behavior". The average work hours in the US, for example, is 34.4 hours/week.

by edko 10y ago

67726e 10y ago
Yes, and Spain's is only 32.48[0]. What is your point? [0] - http://fortune.com/2015/11/11/chart-work-week-oecd/ http://fortune.com/2015/11/11/chart-work-week-oecd/
- edko 10y ago
  My source says 38 hours. My point is that saying that "Southern ones are more carefree and want to relax" is false and prejudiced.
  - 67726e 10y ago
    > My source says 38 hours. Care to cite your source then?
  - stronglikedan 10y ago
    False? Maybe, maybe not - I have no idea. Prejudiced? Most certainly not.
    - NetStrikeForce 10y ago
      If you don't know if it's false or not, you clearly don't have the data to judge it, hence you've got prejudices. Fun fact: Most Spaniards I've met in UK are shocked by the "calling off sick" (after a night out) and low effort culture they've found in Britain. I personally think that's not true either, but tells me more about Spaniards than anything. Truth is Spain is unproductive due to corruption. Also, you've got prejudices, like everyone else :-) P.S.: I'm Spaniard and I consider myself lazy, hence why I got in IT (earn more with less effort). I run away from manual labour :-)
  - lowry 10y ago
    Just like saying that Walloon are dumber than Flemish.
- dillonisacunt 10y ago
  It never fails to amaze me when American's are so comfortable to comment on other cultures they know little about when making criticism or analysis. Obviously there are cultural differences, however there isnt therefore an implication that Europeans somehow work less productively or even differently than those in the United States as some commenters seem to be suggesting. I guarantee that Spanish startups dont fail because they have siestas; language barriers, distribution issues and international laws will have so much more sway in success than any minor cultural difference such as how chilled out a group of people are. A food delivery start up starting in Texas can probably scale to surrounding states pretty easily compared to one starting in Spain and expanding into Belgium
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Of course there are cultural differences, but this has nothing to do with "work behavior". The average work hours in the US, for example, is 34.4 hours/week.

by edko 10y ago

Of course there are cultural differences, but this has nothing to do with "work behavior". The average work hours in the US, for example, is 34.4 hours/week.

67726e 10y ago

Yes, and Spain's is only 32.48[0]. What is your point? [0] - http://fortune.com/2015/11/11/chart-work-week-oecd/ http://fortune.com/2015/11/11/chart-work-week-oecd/

edko 10y ago
My source says 38 hours. My point is that saying that "Southern ones are more carefree and want to relax" is false and prejudiced.
- 67726e 10y ago
  > My source says 38 hours. Care to cite your source then?
- stronglikedan 10y ago
  False? Maybe, maybe not - I have no idea. Prejudiced? Most certainly not.
  - NetStrikeForce 10y ago
    If you don't know if it's false or not, you clearly don't have the data to judge it, hence you've got prejudices. Fun fact: Most Spaniards I've met in UK are shocked by the "calling off sick" (after a night out) and low effort culture they've found in Britain. I personally think that's not true either, but tells me more about Spaniards than anything. Truth is Spain is unproductive due to corruption. Also, you've got prejudices, like everyone else :-) P.S.: I'm Spaniard and I consider myself lazy, hence why I got in IT (earn more with less effort). I run away from manual labour :-)
- lowry 10y ago
  Just like saying that Walloon are dumber than Flemish.
dillonisacunt 10y ago
It never fails to amaze me when American's are so comfortable to comment on other cultures they know little about when making criticism or analysis. Obviously there are cultural differences, however there isnt therefore an implication that Europeans somehow work less productively or even differently than those in the United States as some commenters seem to be suggesting. I guarantee that Spanish startups dont fail because they have siestas; language barriers, distribution issues and international laws will have so much more sway in success than any minor cultural difference such as how chilled out a group of people are. A food delivery start up starting in Texas can probably scale to surrounding states pretty easily compared to one starting in Spain and expanding into Belgium

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