New study says Germans are the laziest workers

[Combat Ingrid]

Originally posted by Uber KruX
and i dont want some HS doofus running my ISP. i have enough problems with "qualified" individuals.

The school kids mainly do the simple work that has to be done all the time. There are of course always some "qualified" people working during the summer (and have their five weeks off at some other time) to make sure the country stays alive, but only very few people have those kind of jobs if you think about it.

[oedo]

after this incredible summer we had this year, I´m not surprised at all about this news.

cheers!

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Combat Ingrid
That's what money-hungry high school kids are hired to do

To bad the vast majority of high school kids in Europe are unemployed.

In the US we've figured out ways to get those parasites ti be productive.

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by rah
When you're efficient, I guess you can work less.

Yes, they must be doing something right.

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Combat Ingrid
In Sweden, we have five weeks vacation in july/august

When I worked full time, I had six weeks *braggs*

Now, as lazy student, it is much better.

Oh, and Rah is right, in some of the regions in Germany where they have most free days and 35h work (or even less) per week they have also the most productive industry (eg car builders).

[Zero]

WIth all that video taping orgy parties, who would have any energy to work the next day?

[Odin]

All the Commies move to Germany!

[Dinner]

I beleive they already have.

[el freako]

As someone said, it's because they are so productive.

GDP per hour worked as % of US level, 2002 and (1992) figures:

Japan: 72% (70%)
Germany: 94% (89%)
France: 103% (104%)
Britian: 79% (77%)
Italy: 105% (105%)
Canada: 82% (83%)
Spain: 75% (80%)
Australia: 77% (75%)
Holland: 119% (116%)
Belgium: 110% (108%)


The dutch and norwegians work only 1,340 hours a year

[St Leo]

When I grow up, I want to be German.

[JohnT]

Get back to work, you slackers! Che, Sloww, I'm talking to you!

The Right and the Left, becoming brothers by the bond of laziness.

[TCO]

Originally posted by el freako
As someone said, it's because they are so productive.

GDP per hour worked as % of US level, 2002 and (1992) figures:

Japan: 72% (70%)
Germany: 94% (89%)
France: 103% (104%)
Britian: 79% (77%)
Italy: 105% (105%)
Canada: 82% (83%)
Spain: 75% (80%)
Australia: 77% (75%)
Holland: 119% (116%)
Belgium: 110% (108%)


The dutch and norwegians work only 1,340 hours a year

If you place restrictions on people's ability to work, the least productive will be eliminated from the workforce. Think about it.

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by TCO


If you place restrictions on people's ability to work, the least productive will be eliminated from the workforce. Think about it.

No, you'll need more worker to acomplish the same thing since you can't work them 40-50 hours a week.

[Bosh]

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

This doesn't surprise me at all. My boss is here 12 hours a day, most koreans don't get saturdays off and the woman who runs the mini-mart by my house is there virtually 24/7
really sad to see people getting their lives sucked away like that...

[alva]

Wow, I think 37.5 hours is too much...
Then again it wasn't that long ago when we had the same conditions as Korea, say 30 years.

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And wasn't there a study fairly recent that said English had the longest working hors in Europe but were the least productive workers?

It's no good working longer then 8 hours anyway. I know I do the same amount of work in 6 hours then I can do in 12 if I know I only have to work 6