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I assume you shared that because Germany has the lowest Total Hours/worker of the countries in the dataset (Greece is not included). The U.S. workers work 31% m

I assume you shared that because Germany has the lowest Total Hours/worker of the countries in the dataset (Greece is not included). The U.S. workers work 31% more hours, equivalent to 12 additional weeks (assuming 35 hours/week)! And yet Germany is very productive so I guess they work smarter, not longer.

StavrosK 8y ago
Greece is the fourth highest in the ranking. It's a bit odd that the "lazy" stereotype is applied to countries that actually work the most (Mexico, Greece, Poland, etc).
RobertoG 8y ago
"And yet Germany is very productive so I guess they work smarter, not longer." I don't understand how in a technology forum this idea is so popular. Germany is more productive because it has more technology. That technology is the result of investment, not of austerity. So, now, if you want to change Greece, you know what to do.
- extra88 8y ago
  > German is more productive because it has more technology. Right, they work smarter by using technology. I did not address the policies that created that situation, let alone attempt to contrast Germany and Greece.
vageli 8y ago
Greece is the fourth bar from the right. It's definitely present in that link.
- extra88 8y ago
  Sorry, I had a hard time reading the tiny, closely-packed, angled text. I wish I had seen there was a table view available. Wow, Greece workers work 49% more hours per year! The labor force participation rate for Germany is 78% but only 68% for Greece[0]. So almost a third of working-age (defined here as 15 to 64) people in Greece aren't in the official workforce but those that are work many hours (important to remember than some portion of those not working are raising children and/or providing elder care). [0] https://data.oecd.org/emp/labour-force-participation-rate.htm https://data.oecd.org/emp/labour-force-participation-rate.ht...

StavrosK 8y ago

Greece is the fourth highest in the ranking. It's a bit odd that the "lazy" stereotype is applied to countries that actually work the most (Mexico, Greece, Poland, etc).

RobertoG 8y ago

"And yet Germany is very productive so I guess they work smarter, not longer." I don't understand how in a technology forum this idea is so popular. Germany is more productive because it has more technology. That technology is the result of investment, not of austerity. So, now, if you want to change Greece, you know what to do.

extra88 8y ago
> German is more productive because it has more technology. Right, they work smarter by using technology. I did not address the policies that created that situation, let alone attempt to contrast Germany and Greece.

vageli 8y ago

Greece is the fourth bar from the right. It's definitely present in that link.

extra88 8y ago
Sorry, I had a hard time reading the tiny, closely-packed, angled text. I wish I had seen there was a table view available. Wow, Greece workers work 49% more hours per year! The labor force participation rate for Germany is 78% but only 68% for Greece[0]. So almost a third of working-age (defined here as 15 to 64) people in Greece aren't in the official workforce but those that are work many hours (important to remember than some portion of those not working are raising children and/or providing elder care). [0] https://data.oecd.org/emp/labour-force-participation-rate.htm https://data.oecd.org/emp/labour-force-participation-rate.ht...