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Same here at the number 4 on the list... I work 4 days a week, my wife works 3. My employer also works 4. My day off is awesome, and accounts for a lot of my h
by dirktheman 12y ago
Same here at the number 4 on the list... I work 4 days a week, my wife works 3. My employer also works 4.
My day off is awesome, and accounts for a lot of my happiness. And the happiness of my kids, I'm sure!
US may be the leading in economy, but we (Northern and Western Europe) are way ahead of you guys when it comes to a healthy work-life balance...
- ams6110 12y agoIsn't it all very individual though? What if someone derives happiness and satisfaction from working? Should they be prohibited from working more than a set number of days/hours per week?
- SonicSoul 12y agoI agree. most of my long hours are self imposed. Often time it's fun to finish things, or take longer to do something in the best way possible (vs rush through during normal hours), and have a certain number of accomplishments in a year. However I understand that other people may feel pressure to do the same even thought they value family life more. Some employers probably don't do a great job in encouraging the family life and set out goals that require extra hours to complete (over 40 hr work week), which is what such a regulation may aim to alleviate. In practice I think it will cause more harm by dabbling in company culture.
- crpatino 12y agoYou can always work from home if it is your fancy. It sucks if your employer owns whatever you do offsite, though. Specially if they do not pay overtime. You see... do not attribute to sloth that which can be explained by envy.
- s3nnyy 12y agoMaybe also that is why big things come from the US? True pain-points are more obvious in a place where one is not pampered and protected by society too much?
- _dark_matter_ 12y agoTalk about jumping to conclusions. This is both a gross misunderstanding of their culture and government, as well as unsubstantiated claims of causation.
- s3nnyy 12y agoI am not sure, if I can confirm this, but I find this really amusing: "If Hewlett and Packard tried running an electronics company out of their garage in Switzerland, the old lady next door would report them to the municipal authorities." http://www.paulgraham.com/america.html http://www.paulgraham.com/america.html (I guess, PG visited Switzerland, while he was an exchange student in Italy.)
- rasur 12y agoOr out of their Tiefgarage - can you imagine the fun ;)
- drzaiusapelord 12y agoLow regulatory environments with lot of capital and a motivated work force usually equals success. This is why you're on HN and I'm not on swiss-tech-news.com.
- 6t6t6 12y agoProbably, the point is that European and USA folks have different ways to measure success. I guess that for a Scandinavian or a Swiss guy, working 60 hours a week, and not being able to see their kids grow up, would be a personal failure. No matter how many sport cars he owns.
- ahomescu1 12y agoI think he/she means that companies like Google, Apple and Tesla are all US-based, not to mention crazy/niche stuff like Oculus. Europe-based high-profile tech companies (like Nokia and Skype) seem more like outliers than the norm. The US seems to be the "technology king", so to say (disclaimer: I'm not an American).
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