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Old April 25th 05, 03:34 PM
Matt Barrow
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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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In article , Matt Barrow wrote:
http://www.timbro.com/euvsusa/ (EU vs. USA) by a think tank in

Stockholm,
Sweden Read particularly the summary at the bottom and some of he charts
comparing the various EU countries against the US.


The EU will always lag behind the US in productivity - mainly because we
have a shorter working week and a lot more vacation time. Less hours to
work. I think in Germany the usual new employee gets something like 6
weeks paid leave (vs 2 in the US), and works a 35 hr week (vs 40 hrs in
the US).

Personally, I'd rather have the shorter working week and the time off!


Nothing wrong with that -- most teenagers feel that way -- as long as you
can keep your ENVY under control. Seems a common thread within the EU and
much of the world outside the Orient. The problems arise when such people
want to augment their income/standard of living by digging into the wallets
of more motiviated people. With kids you kinda expect it; with adults it's
just parasitism.

Then, too, EU's productivty per "man hour" is rather less, all the way to
WAY less. And their standard of living is appropriately concurrent.

BTW, Canada's population is almost identical with the population of
"African-Americans" in the US and their GNP is virtually identical as well.
IOW, Canadians are as well off as one of our "less fortunate" population
sub-sets.

I'll take the 70 hour weeks and still have enough to take several nice
vacations each year.


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Old April 26th 05, 11:51 AM
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In article , Matt Barrow wrote:
Personally, I'd rather have the shorter working week and the time off!


I'll take the 70 hour weeks and still have enough to take several nice
vacations each year.


So long as you can get the vacation time; at least when working in the
US for a major computer firm people worked the 70+ hour weeks and were
expected to not take their paltry two weeks of paid leave.

I'm sorry, but I work to live, not live to work. Although I *greatly*
enjoy what I do, after that experience, sorry - no more unpaid overtime
until I'm either running a business or in upper management if I so
choose to eventually follow that career. I can still do office work even
if I was to have an accident and end up in a wheel chair (or just get
old). But I don't want to be 80 years old and look back and say that I
wish I had gone out and done something that required youth and fitness,
but didn't to get some more unpaid overtime in at the office!

It cost me dearly (in lost income) to take months off when I finished
with the project I was working on in the US, but it was worth an order
of magnitude more than the lost income to fly my Cessna 140 across the
US from coast to coast. That trip was priceless.

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Old April 26th 05, 04:31 PM
Matt Barrow
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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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In article , Matt Barrow wrote:
Personally, I'd rather have the shorter working week and the time off!


I'll take the 70 hour weeks and still have enough to take several nice
vacations each year.


So long as you can get the vacation time;


I work for myself (I own the company).

at least when working in the
US for a major computer firm people worked the 70+ hour weeks and were
expected to not take their paltry two weeks of paid leave.


To every instance there is a reciprocal.

And as I said, suit yourself. OTOH, many nations have a lagging (and
diminishing) standard of living and are gritting their teeth in ENVY.

I'm sorry, but I work to live, not live to work.


Me too. I work 70 hour weeks for 10 months of the year and 40 hour weeks
when we do a month at our summer home.

Unfortunately, I've run into SOOOO many people (professionally and
personally) that don't have much (or any) motiviation, but they expect
people that are willing to work to support them (welfare). Some entire
nations operate that way.


Although I *greatly*
enjoy what I do, after that experience, sorry - no more unpaid overtime
until I'm either running a business or in upper management if I so
choose to eventually follow that career. I can still do office work even
if I was to have an accident and end up in a wheel chair (or just get
old). But I don't want to be 80 years old and look back and say that I
wish I had gone out and done something that required youth and fitness,
but didn't to get some more unpaid overtime in at the office!


I felt that way too, until I had kids and then got laid off at 43 years old
in a dead job market. Now, it's worth it for the independance, the
prosperity (lot's more) and I even take more, longer, and better vacations
than when I was working in the corporate world.


It cost me dearly (in lost income) to take months off when I finished


The purpose of working harder/longer is to have the time/resources to play
longer/better.

with the project I was working on in the US, but it was worth an order
of magnitude more than the lost income to fly my Cessna 140 across the
US from coast to coast. That trip was priceless.


As was my trip two years ago to Virginia to see my son commissioned in the
Navy. We took our Bonanza and made a couple stops along with way both going
out and coming back. Nine days and $8K total.



 




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