Working late tonight? See how you stack up against workers from other countries with this online tool from the BBC: Link
The data is gathered from 34 developed nations by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). They're quite interesting in and of themselves:
A look at the average annual hours worked per person in selected countries puts South Korea top with a whopping 2,193 hours, followed by Chile on 2,068.
British workers clock up 1,647 hours and Germans 1,408 - putting them at the bottom of the table, above only the Netherlands.
Greek workers have had a bad press recently but, as we reported in February, they work longer hours than any other Europeans. Their average of 2,017 hours a year puts them third in the international ranking
But working long hours doesn't necessarily mean working better:
"Generally speaking, long working hours are associated with lower productivity per hour. Workers are working very long hours to achieve a minimum level of output or to achieve some minimum level of wages because frankly they're not very productive," Messenger says.
Wesley Stephenson of BBC News has the complete report: Link
Comments (8)
Thanks, Mr. Hoodie.
Lazier than us? Amazing!
What the heck DO you use it for, then?
And what's next on Neatorama? Instructions on how to make a bomb?
Better to build this into a gun - at least most people will know not to point one at themselves if they happen upon one.