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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, Sc
by 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 agoI’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 agoThe 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 agoAFAIK only France has a 35hrs week (7h/day), most of the other countries has 40hrs week.
- eudajmonia 6y agoIf 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 agoOk, 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 agoLast 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 agoIn 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).