Mexicans work harder than Americans. People in Turkey and Greece work harder than North Europeans. The general rule of thumb is that people in poorer countries work harder, more hours, and less breaks.
The US is not poor, but there are poor country incentives. No automatic free healthcare, no free high-quality education for children. Large number of elderly people must work without pensions. You have to work harder and have less free time to get the same income safety compared to Europeans.
I'd work harder too if I'd lose my healthcare after being fired. Americans also do more work in a year because they have hardly any vacation days; technically they've worked more hours.
that is only part of the picture. in my experience being a European in the US what is etched in the culture here is that working “hard” gets you advancements at work which translates to “better life.” that then translates to working crazy hours, answering emails and slack messages from (for the “crazy” ones that take it) vacations etc…
except that every European I know (and I know a lot of them) that lives & works in the US works harder than any US employee at the same place of employment…
How many employees does it take to run chess.com vs lichess.org ? who work harder? who is more efficient? That kind of business is bad for him, yet is great of value, perhaps there is a disconnect somewhere?
Mexicans work harder than Americans. People in Turkey and Greece work harder than North Europeans. The general rule of thumb is that people in poorer countries work harder, more hours, and less breaks.
The US is not poor, but there are poor country incentives. No automatic free healthcare, no free high-quality education for children. Large number of elderly people must work without pensions. You have to work harder and have less free time to get the same income safety compared to Europeans.
I'd work harder too if I'd lose my healthcare after being fired. Americans also do more work in a year because they have hardly any vacation days; technically they've worked more hours.
that is only part of the picture. in my experience being a European in the US what is etched in the culture here is that working “hard” gets you advancements at work which translates to “better life.” that then translates to working crazy hours, answering emails and slack messages from (for the “crazy” ones that take it) vacations etc…
except that every European I know (and I know a lot of them) that lives & works in the US works harder than any US employee at the same place of employment…
Americans just work harder’ than Europeans, says CEO of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund, because they have a higher ‘general level of ambition’
Ok but who works 'smarter'? :-)
Tech contributors per capita (github):
European countries rank very high (USA only 14th)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004016252...
How many employees does it take to run chess.com vs lichess.org ? who work harder? who is more efficient? That kind of business is bad for him, yet is great of value, perhaps there is a disconnect somewhere?