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It's an East Asian cultural thing to work super hard for some reason, same with Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. By "Rest of the world" you really just mean a handful
by porphyra 3y ago
It's an East Asian cultural thing to work super hard for some reason, same with Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. By "Rest of the world" you really just mean a handful of Western European nations with stagnant economies, but by god I do wish I could work less.
- ta1243 3y agoWe've had 45 years of GDP increase not being reflected in wages, who cares if the economy is "stagnant" if the people making it happen aren't seeing the benefit.
- me_me_me 3y ago"See your boss ferrari? If you work really had he will buy himself a second one"
- logicchains 3y ago>By "Rest of the world" you really just mean a handful of Western European nations with stagnant economies Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South-East Asia, South/Central America and Africa all work much shorter hours than East Asian nations.
- marcosdumay 3y agoAlso, at least South America is (very slowly) moving toward 4 days work weeks too.
- idontpost 3y ago[dead]
- KingMob 3y agoWell, I can mostly speak to Japan, but I wouldn't be surprised if this was also true in China. The long hours of Japanese work culture are true, but simultaneously, there's a lot of wasted time. Japan evens praises sleeping at the office, when you're clearly getting no work done. This might be limited to white-collar office workers; no idea about people on the factory floor.
- lvl102 3y agoI don’t think people in East Asia work harder at all. It’s mostly sitting around and taking two hour lunches. I regularly worked 80-100 hours for most of my 20s and early 30s. It’s not sustainable at all and 95% of the population do not even have the physical and mental stamina to do it for more than a couple of weeks out of the year. Out of all the places I’ve experienced, East Coast (and particularly NYC) has the hardest working culture. It’s not even close.