It's all about quality vs. quantity. Also about balance between life
and work and quality of life in general. But to each his own.
Nathan
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On May 3, 2009, at 3:02 AM, John Hudson wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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