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I don't know about Iceland's work culture, but I can say as an American working in Denmark I've noticed that while Danes work FAR fewer hours than I'm used to,
by coreyh14444 1y ago
I don't know about Iceland's work culture, but I can say as an American working in Denmark I've noticed that while Danes work FAR fewer hours than I'm used to, especially in startup culture, they tend to be extremely focused while at work. Nobody does their online shopping or reads news (cough cough what I'm doing now) while at work. In my old coworking space, a woman did CAD work and I never once saw anything other CAD open on her computer.
- readthenotes1 1y agoThere's some report years ago that said that in the United States people work about 25 hours and a 40-hour work week. Not only are there the usual distractions of chatting with friends and playing games, there's also the fact that taking care of personal life has to happen sometime during the 9-5.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 1y agoI think this all shows that for many, but definitely not all, jobs there is a finite amount of productive time that people have to give. You can make people be at the office for crazy hours (looking at you japan), but you don't actually squeeze that much more useful work out of people. I think this is especially true of work that requires alot of mental focus like problem solving or other creative type work. Much of that happens in down-time where your mind is working on it behind the scenes. That's why people have breakthroughs when going for a walk or taking a shower. So the 'down-time' is just as important as the active time. Similar to physical exercise - the recovery phase is as important than the exertion phase.