New study says Germans are the laziest workers

[mindseye]

New study says Germans are the laziest workers

The image of the Germans as a hard-working, efficient work force has been damaged by a study suggesting they're one of the laziest nations in the world.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development found Germans spend just a sixth of their time at work.

Germans work an average of 1,447 hours a year, but the Americans clock up 1,805 hours and the Japanese 1,859.

Koreans who top the workaholics table with 2,447 hours.

And the Germans also fare better than most other countries when it comes to holidays. With an average of 43 days off a year, 30 days holiday and up to 13 bank holidays, the Germans beat the Brits by nine and a half days. The Americans in comparison only get 23 days to rest.

Not only do Germans work less during their working lives but they also retire earlier.

Germans retire, on average, aged 60.3 years. Workers in Britain do not usually start to cash in their pensions until they are 62.6 years of age. In the US this figure increases to 64.6 years and in Japan they work until 68.5.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_816152.html?menu=news.quirkies

I'm not sure which is more surprising, that Germans are lazy, or that South Koreans work 35% more hours than Americans!

Okay, back to work! Except you Germans!

[Stefu]

Ghodam Germans! Don't they know that arbeit macht frei?

[rah]

When you're efficient, I guess you can work less.

[Dinner]

The NAFTA area is more open to foreign competetion then the EU is so we've had to competete against Asian workaholics for several decades now while Euros have been much more protected. That's one reason American workers feel less secure at their jobs and work so many more hours then Euro workers.

[chequita guevara]

How does that mean they are lazy?

You could just as easily say that Americans are screwed hardest.

[Solly]

The other idea is that Europeans are restricted from working long hours by labour legislation. Those that wish to work longer are either stopped from doing so, or emigrate - to the US.

Hence you get a influx of people into the US of people who prefer more income to leisure, and those that prefer more leisure remain in Europe.

All that we see is therefore the large-scale result of people's individual choices.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
How does that mean they are lazy?

You could just as easily say that Americans are screwed hardest.

exactly. the protestant work ethic the hardlining pilgrims brought over gave us little vacations.

that doesn't mean the germans are LAZY, not at all. they may bust their ass for all you know.

you won't be calling them lazy when the next reich pops up either.

[Q Classic]

die deutschen sind nicht fleissig?

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/29/42/1939233.pdf

ok, what disturbs me is that between korea and slovakia, the next hardest working country, there's still a full 400 hour difference.

[chequita guevara]

Germany is where Protestantism started, Uber.

[Japher]

We were deciding on vendors sometime ago to build a machine for us, one deciding factor was that Germans take all of September off, for the most part. That really screws ya when your on a time line.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Germany is where Protestantism started, Uber.

yes, i know all about martin luther. but those are lutherans. we got calvinists.

[chequita guevara]

I heard it was August they take off. Anyway, we should get August off.

[Japher]

It might of been August. Still, a whole month off!

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I heard it was August they take off. Anyway, we should get August off.

and have the world grind to a screetching halt every august?

[SlowwHand]

It just means American's are dumbasses in that regard.