Comment by torginus
3 hours ago
Germans are also famous for how hard they work, working a grueling 1350 hours per year, compared to freeloading lazy Greeks, who merely work 2000.
3 hours ago
Germans are also famous for how hard they work, working a grueling 1350 hours per year, compared to freeloading lazy Greeks, who merely work 2000.
That's not even 26h /week. All this stat show is that there are probably more jobs in Germany. Need more data to draw any conclusions.
It’s about productivity, not about the raw amount of hours.
I remember on reddit this was pointed under some article once, and there was a consensus about how West Europeans are just more productive.
Then 2 weeks later there was an article about how much money do Americans make per hours worked, and everyone was falling over each other pointing out how flawed the methodology was.
Germany has a stagnant economy, on the edge of shrinking. It's projected to only have 0.2% growth this year.