Ken .......... you have not been to Europe in the past several years.
Our Iberian based correspondent enjoys what, 7 weeks of annual vacation,
plus upwards of 30 days of stat holidays per year, and a 37.5 work week all
of which boils down to next to nothing of working hours a year.
Hereabouts a real contributor to the economy would be pushing 70+ hours a
week with 3 week max of annual vacation and maybe 6 or 7 days of stat
holidays a year at the max. The idea of greater European productivity is a
piece of complete fiction.
jh
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Working hours
> Since the beginning of this year, I've averaged no less than 50 hours per
> week at work. I commute about a half hour each way in addition. It's been
> a
> bit rough finding time to photograph for myself given that I'm also busy
> with a couple other things going on too. However, complaining about it is
> not acceptable. This is just for a season and since the alternatives right
> now in this down economy aren't the greatest, we just put up and shut up.
> One thing I observed about European work hours through the years that I
> spent there on business: The workers may have shorter hours, but they
> tend
> to pack more into them. The efficiency of the work is very good. Just
> maybe, it's a case of work harder for shorter period of time than be
> worthless for longer period of time.
>
> AG
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