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The number of hours doesn't tell the whole story though. Working cultures differ a great deal. You may put in longer hours, but then it's more laidback, with mo
by V-2 10y ago
The number of hours doesn't tell the whole story though. Working cultures differ a great deal. You may put in longer hours, but then it's more laidback, with more socializing etc. whereas somewhere else it's clock-in, work, clock-out, no fooling about.
- pessimizer 10y agoI'm not sure why you think that European workplaces are stricter than US workplaces, or that US jobs are generally laid back.
- V-2 10y agoI didn't say I think that. If anything, I hinted at it as a possibility worth considering (not phrased as extremely as "US jobs are generally laid back"). It should be looked into if you want to put things in perspective. In Germany business culture is certainly one of more intense focus, at least in office jobs. Not that it's representative of the whole Europe, of course. Still, raw numbers don't say the whole story. That's why such findings should be taken with some distance.
- pessimizer 10y agoI understand that different things are different, but you seem to be appealing to the law of averages.