WORKING HOURS

[saturn5man 0]

Interesting article from the UK's Daily Mail Newspaper:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1811

Quotes :

The French work the fewest hours of any country on earth, a new survey has revealed. Leisure-loving Parisiens graft for just 1,480 hours a year, with 27 days annual holiday, meaning they have more free time than any other nation on the planet.

The global study by Swiss banking group UBS will give fuel to the stereotype of the French worker who takes two hours lunch breaks and two months off every summer.

Britons work 1,782 hours a year - 301 more than the French - and have 20 days holiday a year, which means practically everybody in Europe works fewer hours and has more holiday than us. With French in first position for fewest working hours, Britain comes in at 36th in the study of work in 122 cities in more than 100 countries.............

...............The Americans were among the hardest working nations on earth, the study found. In Los Angeles, workers put in 1957 hours a year and took just 11 days holiday.

The global average for working hours is 1,844 hours a year, with 20 days holiday, the report said.

The world's longest working hours were found in Asian countries, where virtually all nations worked more than the global average.

The hardest working country was South Korea, where workers slogged away for 2,317 hours a year - or just over 50 hours a week - and had just ten days annual leave, according to the survey.

The next three hardest working nations were all also Asian nations - Hong Kong (2,231 hours and 9 days leave), Taiwan (2,143 hours and 12 days leave) and India (2,205 hours and 17 days leave).

Researchers also compared relative spending power around the world by calculating how many minutes on average an employee needs to work to earn a Big Mac hamburger.

Japan was top of the league, where workers can buy the burger after just ten minutes of work. Workers in Los Angeles came second, needing to do just 11 minutes labour for the same snack.

In London, it took a mere 16 minutes of work, while in India it takes an hour to earn a Big Mac, and it Bogota, Comumbia, it takes just over an hour and a half, the survey found.

[samir_shannon 0]

i think americans work the most hours

[saturn5man 0]

i think americans work the most hours

Not according to the research:

Quote:

The hardest working country was South Korea, where workers slogged away for 2,317 hours a year - or just over 50 hours a week - and had just ten days annual leave, according to the survey

[GaryC 7]

Last year I worked about 2500 hours. I am on a pace to work 2600 this year.

[Carola 0]

Last year I worked about 2500 hours. I am on a pace to work 2600 this year.

That isn't healthy

[mawilson 2,133]

Europeans are lazy, it's a well-known fact.

[Marilyn. 340]

My hubby works 50 to 60 hours in a 5 day week ... he gets 10 vacation days a year....

[eric&gen 0]

Europeans are lazy, it's a well-known fact.

So are us americans... lol Lucky for me my company gives me three week a year for vacation and after i reach my 15th year next year i will be getting 4 weeks of vacation every year.

[Tim and Bethanie 1]

Europeans are lazy, it's a well-known fact.

Or perhaps they are just more wise than us Americans.

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

Europeans are lazy, it's a well-known fact.

So are us americans... lol Lucky for me my company gives me three week a year for vacation and after i reach my 15th year next year i will be getting 4 weeks of vacation every year.

Isn't that sad though?

I don't get any vacation until September, after having worked there for a year. And it's one week.

One week...

And I don't even make $6 an hour after taxes/deductions/etc.

Seriously, how am I ever going to save up enough for a trip back home? Ugh.

[Sharon 1]

Last year I worked about 2500 hours. I am on a pace to work 2600 this year.

Better watch that.

All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy.

[GaryC 7]

Last year I worked about 2500 hours. I am on a pace to work 2600 this year.

Better watch that.

All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy.

I work my ### off and take 2 2week vacations a year. Gonna do it again at Christmas if Luz doesn't get her visa before then. 12 hour days are your friend!!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The wife works 10-12 hour days - not only that but she has a travelling job which means at least an hour commute each way.

[Ban Hammer 13,346]

Last year I worked about 2500 hours. I am on a pace to work 2600 this year.

Better watch that.

All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy.

I work my ### off and take 2 2week vacations a year. Gonna do it again at Christmas if Luz doesn't get her visa before then. 12 hour days are your friend!!

hmm let's see. according to the company records

2005 - 2309 hours (64 hours vacation and 72 holiday hours)

2004 - 2290 hours (8 hours jury, 80 holiday, 24 bereavement)

2003 - 2585 hours (88 holiday)

so not far behind you gary

[Reba 2]

my hubby used to work nearly 80 hours per week, and only got one week vacation last year. You can imagine how seriously this affected our marriage

12 (or more) hour days are Not your friend. Trust me.