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Just curious, in which country is 36hours/week standard? Or is it just your company?

8fingerlouie 6y ago
I think most of Europe has a 37 hour/week work schedule, and because "we're better" we have 36 hour/week. At least some of mainland Europe: Germany, France, Scandinavia, and IIRC the UK.
- thebackup 6y ago
  I’m in Sweden, so Scandinavia. Every company I know has 40h work weeks. Lunch break is not included so if you start working at 8, take a 1 hour lunch break around 12, then you can log off at 17.
  - 8fingerlouie 6y ago
    The normal (office) working hours here are 37.5 hours per week, excluding lunch break, which is usually 30 minutes. That breaks down to 7.5 hours of work + 30 minutes of lunch break, meaning you get in at 8am and leave at 4pm.
- darkwater 6y ago
  AFAIK only France has a 35hrs week (7h/day), most of the other countries has 40hrs week.
  - eudajmonia 6y ago
    If we are counting actual working hours, it is also 7 hours a day in Poland. (8hr/day inclusive of 30 minutes lunch plus cumulative 30 minute break from staring at a screen).
- ChuckNorris89 6y ago
  Ok, but where are you located? Where is "here" and who is "we're"? Europe is not a single country but every EU nations has different labor laws and working hour contracts.
- sdevonoes 6y ago
  Last gig I had in Germany: it was 40h/week. I never seen a 36h/week schedule in France either... (I'm talking about standard software engineer positions).
  - sofixa 6y ago
    In France base is 35h/week, 37/39 are frequent with the extra 2-4h hours then available 1:1 as extra vacation time ( RTT, you get hours on top of 35 worked over the year / 7 ( standard work day) of them over the year). I'm currently on 35, might move to 37 ( majority at my company).
gambiting 6y ago
Here in UK 37.5h is standard. 8 hour days with mandatory 30 minutes for lunch.
- emptyfile 6y ago
  Same in Croatia, I honestly thought it was standard in the EU with exceptions such as France. Spending 9 hours at work seems awful even if your lunch break is 60 min instead of 30.

I think most of Europe has a 37 hour/week work schedule, and because "we're better" we have 36 hour/week. At least some of mainland Europe: Germany, France, Scandinavia, and IIRC the UK.

thebackup 6y ago
I’m in Sweden, so Scandinavia. Every company I know has 40h work weeks. Lunch break is not included so if you start working at 8, take a 1 hour lunch break around 12, then you can log off at 17.
- 8fingerlouie 6y ago
  The normal (office) working hours here are 37.5 hours per week, excluding lunch break, which is usually 30 minutes. That breaks down to 7.5 hours of work + 30 minutes of lunch break, meaning you get in at 8am and leave at 4pm.
darkwater 6y ago
AFAIK only France has a 35hrs week (7h/day), most of the other countries has 40hrs week.
- eudajmonia 6y ago
  If we are counting actual working hours, it is also 7 hours a day in Poland. (8hr/day inclusive of 30 minutes lunch plus cumulative 30 minute break from staring at a screen).
ChuckNorris89 6y ago
Ok, but where are you located? Where is "here" and who is "we're"? Europe is not a single country but every EU nations has different labor laws and working hour contracts.
sdevonoes 6y ago
Last gig I had in Germany: it was 40h/week. I never seen a 36h/week schedule in France either... (I'm talking about standard software engineer positions).
- sofixa 6y ago
  In France base is 35h/week, 37/39 are frequent with the extra 2-4h hours then available 1:1 as extra vacation time ( RTT, you get hours on top of 35 worked over the year / 7 ( standard work day) of them over the year). I'm currently on 35, might move to 37 ( majority at my company).

gambiting 6y ago

Here in UK 37.5h is standard. 8 hour days with mandatory 30 minutes for lunch.

emptyfile 6y ago
Same in Croatia, I honestly thought it was standard in the EU with exceptions such as France. Spending 9 hours at work seems awful even if your lunch break is 60 min instead of 30.