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I prefer down-top approaches like YCombinator than top-down, central planning effort. Ycombinator grew organically, as an experiment. This sounds to me like ye

I prefer down-top approaches like YCombinator than top-down, central planning effort. Ycombinator grew organically, as an experiment. This sounds to me like yet another bureaucratic effort to replicate Silicon Valley. Politicians always think big, they don't want to fix holes in the roads, they want to make new super highways so everybody could see how great they are. As European and entrepreneur I avoid France for any of my business work. Every French person enjoys life, wants to work the less they could and they feel entitled for everything. More than half the people there work for the government and are more worried about their rights than what they could do. They could care less about competing with the world, they are living by increasing their debt, and believe that this is going to last forever, that probably Germany will support their lifestyle. Don't get me wrong, I love France, speak French fluently, have lots of friends there.

camus 13y ago
> Every French person enjoys life, wants to work the less they could and they feel entitled for everything. More than half the people there work for the government and are more worried about their rights than what they could do. I dont think so ,french people are not lazy at all , and it's common for employees in a private business to do extra hours FOR FREE !!! yes for free. And we dont take 3 hour breaks for lunch, we eat at the office. Whatever you heard about french public service is not true in any private business in France, people work very hard.
cdavid 13y ago
What a nonsense. Your facts don't even pass the smell test: around 25 % of people in age of working work as a public servant. As for the working less than possible and the comment regarding Germany: French workers work more than German on average, thought that's likely skewed because 'forced' part time is more prevalent in Germany (http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=ANHRS http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=ANHRS). The whole idea of # hours as a meaningful metric is not a good one anyway: some of the countries from OECD that work the most ? Mexico, Turkey, Greece, etc...

camus 13y ago

> Every French person enjoys life, wants to work the less they could and they feel entitled for everything. More than half the people there work for the government and are more worried about their rights than what they could do. I dont think so ,french people are not lazy at all , and it's common for employees in a private business to do extra hours FOR FREE !!! yes for free. And we dont take 3 hour breaks for lunch, we eat at the office. Whatever you heard about french public service is not true in any private business in France, people work very hard.

cdavid 13y ago

What a nonsense. Your facts don't even pass the smell test: around 25 % of people in age of working work as a public servant. As for the working less than possible and the comment regarding Germany: French workers work more than German on average, thought that's likely skewed because 'forced' part time is more prevalent in Germany (http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=ANHRS http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=ANHRS). The whole idea of # hours as a meaningful metric is not a good one anyway: some of the countries from OECD that work the most ? Mexico, Turkey, Greece, etc...