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>discrepancy in take-home I think that has more to do with the discrepancy in time at work though as well. If I make half as much as someone working 60-70 hou
by soperj 4y ago
>discrepancy in take-home
I think that has more to do with the discrepancy in time at work though as well.
If I make half as much as someone working 60-70 hour weeks (as someone who works 35 hour weeks), that makes a lot of sense.
- throwaway894345 4y agoAccording to some quick Googling, this seems unlikely (see below). Europeans do get more paid time off than Americans, but I doubt they're working 30-40% less than Americans. > The average number of weekly hours worked by full-time workers in the European Union was 37.1 hours a week as of the third quarter of 2021 Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197097/average-working-hours-eu/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197097/average-working-... > For those [Americans] in the typical age range for full-time work, the national average landed at 40.5, indicating that most employed adults work a 40-hour workweek https://www.zippia.com/advice/average-work-hours-per-week/ https://www.zippia.com/advice/average-work-hours-per-week/