Read the room, Greece. We want 4-day work weeks. 
https://www.dw.com/en/greece-introduces-the-six-day-work-week/a-69439050
Greece introduces the six-day work week
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Controversial but I've always favoured a six day work week with shorter hours instead of four day with longer hours. I like the routine of work though and most of my hobbies take place in the evening
The Greeks yearn for the mines.
Seek help sir.
I used to love doing three 12 hour shifts a week. Four days off. It was glorious. Now I do five 7 hour shifts and I dislike it greatly.
Have they thought about not drowning all the working age migrants who turn up on their shores if they're short of labour?
Any working week without consecutive days off doesn't work.
You need a day of rest and a day for leisure.
A 6 day working week or a 5 day working week without consecutive days off is shite.
You need a day of rest and a day for leisure.
A 6 day working week or a 5 day working week without consecutive days off is shite.
On a 7-5 4 day week for the last few months and it makes a huge difference.
At least they're not being forced to do 3 person's job in a 40 hour week.Read the room, Greece. We want 4-day work weeks.
https://www.dw.com/en/greece-introduces-the-six-day-work-week/a-69439050
Easy to do a 6 day week when most of it is spent sitting around on their arses.
I remember the EU published a list of countries by how many hours they worked. First and second, Greece and Italy
I remember the EU published a list of countries by how many hours they worked. First and second, Greece and Italy
Easy to do a 6 day week when most of it is spent sitting around on their arses.
I remember the EU published a list of countries by how many hours they worked. First and second, Greece and Italy
I see the lazy southern european myth lives on.
Average hours of labour per year
Greece 1886
Italy 1694
EU average 1570
UK 1531
Germany 1340
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_annual_labor_hours#OECD_list
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Work to live not the other way round bud. Having a single day off per week isn't healthy generally and tends to result in less productivity. In fact, condensing hours into less days tends to lead to an increase in productivity and a better work life balance. That's not necessarily the case for everyone and individual circumstances need to be considered though.
Some employers need to me reminded that slavery was abolished
Germany is 1340 per the link.
I typed instead of copy/paste, thanks.
As you say, circumstance is a factor. A housemate/friend of mine once pitched the idea of a 4-day week to his boss because he wanted to go on holiday more often (he liked the idea of having city breaks with an extra day thrown in). He put an entire proposal together saying it would be more productive for them to move to that model so they trialled it and found morale plummeted because half the office was commuting in from Kent (to London) and they were super pissed at basically losing 4 evenings a week (after factoring in the extra 2 hours it added to their day plus the commute). They scrapped the trial halfway through and I remember him coming home extremely pissed off his plans for more travel had been well and truly scuppered
Admittedly this was before the pandemic so it might have been different if those people were working from home three days a week.
As you say, circumstance is a factor. A housemate/friend of mine once pitched the idea of a 4-day week to his boss because he wanted to go on holiday more often (he liked the idea of having city breaks with an extra day thrown in). He put an entire proposal together saying it would be more productive for them to move to that model so they trialled it and found morale plummeted because half the office was commuting in from Kent (to London) and they were super pissed at basically losing 4 evenings a week (after factoring in the extra 2 hours it added to their day plus the commute). They scrapped the trial halfway through and I remember him coming home extremely pissed off his plans for more travel had been well and truly scuppered
Admittedly this was before the pandemic so it might have been different if those people were working from home three days a week.
I think flexibility is key. Enforcing a 4 day week on people whilst expecting them to work the same total hours as they were in a 5 day week isn't right. The same as forcing someone to spread their hours over 6 days isn't right. Ideally, there should be options available for everyone to choose when they work their required hours within reason. Which will be highly dependent on the industry and job you're in.
You step the feck off my mate @Vidyoyo if you know what's good for you, even if what he's saying is absolutely insane.
You tell him dad
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feck off I hope I'm not that oldThis stat doesn't work like that. For example:
Person A needs 4 hours to complete a task.
Person B needs 3 hours to complete the same task and then bails out person A.
Which one is (more) lazy?
(not that this is what should be read from the OECD stat either)
I've just changed jobs to go from an average of 8 hour shifts to 12 hours only. Its miles better and means I actually have time off to do the things I want now.
My son worked in Greece for 2 years and he
The hours technically at work doesn't equate to actual work done shall we say.
I'd rather work 3 days for 20 hours each day instead of 5 days.
I'd rather work 1 day for 24 hours instead of 3 days.
I'd rather no work day instead of 1 day.
I'd rather work 1 day for 24 hours instead of 3 days.
I'd rather no work day instead of 1 day.
Of course because your hobby is watching Videos of yoyo.
Greece has an unemployment rate of 12.4% and the youth unemployment rate is 31%. It doesn’t have a labour shortage. It has a labour surplus. Hence emigration is still high.
What it does have a shortage of however, is people that want to do jobs under conditions akin to slavery just for the enrichment of the wealthy.
PS. None of that excuses drowning migrants though, of course.
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Fair. Just from the most cynical of oligarchs' point of view - migrants probably would do those shit jobs.
Anyway, sounds like their government is very stupid. "Centre right" weren't they allegedly? Sounds just as "centre" as our set of lunatics have been.
Ye the cultural differences make simply counting hours futile. Then again I understand anyone who hates the stereotype and uses these numbers as an argument, can't really blame them.My son worked in Greece for 2 years and he
The hours technically at work doesn't equate to actual work done shall we say.
If they are both working I would say none of them are lazy.
Anecdotal evidence is just that. Can your son back up his laughter with some numbers?My son worked in Greece for 2 years and he
The hours technically at work doesn't equate to actual work done shall we say.
Again, can some numbers be provided?That's the one. I worked in Italy, let's just say
"Fecking Greeks! They invented gayness the six day work week!"
What metric should we use to figure out who's laziest?
Northern europe seems obsessed with this idea so I'm sure it's not just good old stereotypes, it should be easy to prove.
To me there is no sense in figuring out what nation is "laziest". It is a concept that doesn't exist on national level in my head. People are lazy, some more than others. Some people who are lazy might even form groups of lazy people. People being born in a specific place or to specific parents doesn't place them in such a group; at least not to me.What metric should we use to figure out who's laziest?
Northern europe seems obsessed with this idea so I'm sure it's not just good old stereotypes, it should be easy to prove.
Yes. He kept a daily record in a spreadsheet categorised by occupation.
3 coffee breaks before 11am. 2 hours for lunch. Enough numbers?
They put the hours in ill give them that. What they do in those hours is another matter.
Meanwhile anybody working in engineering, law or medicine already cop 11-15 hour work days most days
Hotter climates often work longer hours but have more breaks. Manual labour especially as it's better to start earlier and miss the hottest part of the day.
In some countries in SE Asia that's pretty much the expectation.
In some countries in SE Asia that's pretty much the expectation.