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Hours per week |
| Message Name: |
Can't resist |
| Date Posted: |
02/14/2001 |
| Message: |
[Posted before under other topic]
I'm sorry, but this topic is too interesting to remain quiet.
The article lacks one important fact, as is the actual workin hours per week.
I'm from Colombia, where you work 48 hours a week (without considering extra hours), or one day more per week than Americans do. It means that, taking the 2 mandatory weeks for vacation (That very often are reduced to one), a Colombian worker goes to his job 50 days more than his american counterpart.
The math is not that simple, as other countries -Colombia in particular- have more holidays, but the balance is the same: You guys don't work much more than people in other countries, and sometimes you work less.
And those numbers are NOT reflected on the gross domestic product.
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