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Yep - it's this mindset that allows the US to be far more productive with arguably maybe a "lower" quality of life if you're benchmarking it against things like
by specialkfan 5y ago
Yep - it's this mindset that allows the US to be far more productive with arguably maybe a "lower" quality of life if you're benchmarking it against things like vacation time.
It's all about trade-offs at the end of the day and what you choose to value.
What folks in the US value are clearly different and therefore result in different priorities.
- iso1210 5y ago> it's this mindset that allows the US to be far more productive https://data.oecd.org/lprdty/gdp-per-hour-worked.htm https://data.oecd.org/lprdty/gdp-per-hour-worked.htm GDP per hour worked for the US is $72/hour, same as Belgium. France is $68, Denmark $75, Germany $66. Is 9% "far more productive"? Japan FWIW is $47/hour.
- nxc18 5y agoYes but you’re missing the part of the conversation where it was established that US workers work more. https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2003/european-vacation-why-americans-work-more-than-europeans https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2003/european-vacatio... Anecdotally, it throws a wrench in the works when you can’t do any major projects over the winter or summer months because some portion of your team is going to be on a month-long vacation.
- iso1210 5y agoThat's not productivity