New study says Germans are the laziest workers

[Ted Striker]

long hours

[Theben]

Maybe the Germans work smarter, not harder (or longer).

[Ted Striker]

Mexican-American immigrants would destroy all of them.

10000 hours per year

[Tattila the Hun]

Isn't that from Dilbert?

[Ted Striker]

Me?

[Harovan]

I mistrust statistics like these. They usually take in account only regular hours. But alone in Germany the overtime hours worked per year would make up almost one million new jobs.

37 hours per week is my "normal" minimum, but I'm expected to work up to 20 hours more per month without extra pay, when the necessity emerges, which happens, but not continuously. If I work yet more, I get paid for the hours exceeding this 20 hours limit. If somebody asks me about my regular work time, I'd answer 37/week, but the de facto average is somewhere around 40, with peaks up to 50 or even 60. I don't think this is not enough.

As for vacation, yea, 6 paid weeks per year is a bit more than the poor exploited people overseas get, but ... well ... as compensation you are a superpower, if this makes you feel better. *points and laughs* *shows solidarity*

[The Mad Monk]

Let's see...last week I worked 87 hours...and the week before, 72.

[Harovan]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Let's see...last week I worked 87 hours...and the week before, 72.

If that's freelance work, it's for your own profit. If you're an employee, your employer should pay you good. If none of these assumptions is true, it's ... ... your own fault.

[Solly]

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

Take off the extra hours we work over other Europeans and you'd see our productivity rise back to around their level.

[Tattila the Hun]

Is there a law about siesta in Mexico?

[The Mad Monk]

My employer pays me time-and-a-half for each and every hour over 40, unless it's the seventh straight day I've worked -- then it's double time.

[Harovan]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
My employer pays me time-and-a-half for each and every hour over 40, unless it's the seventh straight day I've worked -- then it's double time.

That's good conditions and explains your eagerness to work more than 70. As long as you don't permanently hurt your health, that is. You can't buy it back for no money, you know. A gastric ulcer is a nasty thing, and it's not the worst that can happen.

I get +25% for overtime (exceeding 20 hours/month) and +50% if it's on Sundays. Not quite as good, but for me it's ok.

[Solly]

I used to get time-and-a-half for any hour over 35 hours, that brought me up to £8.03 an hour, around $13/h.

[Ecthy]

some people will be punished hard on next occasion...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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

Wait a minute...the Dutch are 19% more productive than the Americans, work ~500 fewer hours a year, AND have legal pot, legal prostitution, and really great beer?



Screw New York! I want New Amsterdam back, pronto!