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bstulic  3 stars
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Registered: 2002-7-26 04:55:00
Germans work the least, together with Dutch

http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS

 

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reesescups  4 stars
Title: //Captain America
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Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
bstulic posted:

Greeks 2nd, Chileans 3rd...

If working on not working counts as working, then yeah...

 

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Abaddon_Ambrosius  4 stars
Title: Retired Theurgist TL
Posts: 1,674
Registered: 2001-12-21 09:51:39
Uh-huh.

And what is the source of these numbers? Because, the countries showing at the top for 'actual hours worked per worker' are precisely the ones I would most suspect of fudging their numbers.

Shocker.

 

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Crooq_Lionfang  1 star
Title: Master Zergling
Posts: 185
Registered: 2003-3-11 11:53:17
bstulic posted:

Germans work the least, together with Dutch


http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS



It's called working most efficiently, aka getting the maximum of work done in a minimum of time

 

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bstulic  3 stars
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Registered: 2002-7-26 04:55:00
Outpost posted:

Don't attack my prejudice with data!



 

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reesescups  4 stars
Title: //Captain America
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bstulic posted:

Outpost posted:

Don't attack my prejudice with data!





Have you ever been to Greece or Chile?


/Case is rested

 

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Abaddon_Ambrosius  4 stars
Title: Retired Theurgist TL
Posts: 1,674
Registered: 2001-12-21 09:51:39
Well, let's see. First we have the fact that what qualifies as 'work' probably includes the hundreds of hours workers are standing around examining their navels on the clock, etc.

Then we have the whole 'productivity' question.

We could poke more, but, why bother? We know the reality, here.

 

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GrymmDAOC  1 star
Posts: 241
Registered: 2001-12-6 13:04:16
Work figures can be misleading. I've heard that in Korea its considered improper for a worker to leave for the boss does, so the Koreans spend masses of time at the office. However, that doesn't necessarily translate into work, as these office workers will get their tasks done then goof off until the boss goes home.

 

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Yukishiro1  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
Working long is not the same as working hard.
Bobvillas  3 stars
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Registered: 2008-11-19 12:56:18
I am so grateful for the Industrial Revolution.

 

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