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Totally agree. My complaint for this article would be that given how much time the author spent on the cultural story of pushing the working hours up it'd be go
by YjSe2GMQ 8y ago
Totally agree. My complaint for this article would be that given how much time the author spent on the cultural story of pushing the working hours up it'd be good to first do the basics: 1) what is "work" precisely, 2) what are the current and historical measurements of "work" per week, 3) how's the situation when you sensibly break it down, for example by profession or salary or geography.
Don't think it is so hard that we have to just throw hands in the air and only focus on the story part.
- davidgay 8y agoIn fact, someone does gather this data, though in hours per year, not per week. And, surprise(?): hours worked has been dropping since the 1970, not rising. https://data.oecd.org/chart/5skA https://data.oecd.org/chart/5skA https://data.oecd.org/emp/hours-worked.htm https://data.oecd.org/emp/hours-worked.htm to explore more.
- dorchadas 8y agoIt really depends on how you define work. Answering email and phone calls after hours would constitute that for me, as would being on call. But not for many, and so those things likely go unreported.