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Productivity: GDP per hour worked, 2022, OECD. Japan 53.2 USD Germany 88 USD

• 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
  Isn’t that heavily skewed by Japan’s culture of being in the office for obscenely long stretches? Not that they necessarily have to be productive, but the expectation is to be present.
  • pizzalife 3y ago
    Yes. If they didn't have to spend every waking hour at work, things like raising a family would be conceivable. Everything is connected and that's part of the reason why Japan's population pyramid is a disaster.
  • MandieD 3y ago
    And German office culture is even less presentee-ist than American. Unless you have a relatively high salary, you have a 35-40 hour contract full time, with a lot of us on part time contracts. Pre-Covid, we really were only around for those set hours, with a few flextime accumulated here and there, then burned off within the year. Even with home office, people still tend to stick to their contract hours. Your employer would be a bit suspicious if you were routinely in the office or logged into the VPN longer than you were booking…
• TulliusCicero 3y ago
  Yes, though the yen being real weak also affects this.