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[–] 38 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

United States of America is not a planet.

There are countries with both more and less work hours.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Netherlands 36 hours is full time, i work 4x9 hours, so basically a 4 day workweek, for about 20 years now, used to work 38 and got paid extra for the effort. But soon found out more free time is priceless.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Belgium is 38 hours for instance.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    In Europe they don't count their lunch breaks as hours worked. That's why the number is lower. If counted the European way then 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday is actually 35 hours a week.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If counted by European standards, the US has a 35-hour work week. Americans are counting their five one-hour lunch breaks to arrive at the "office worker" schedule of 40 hours a week, 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday with a lunch break at 12:00 to 13:00

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Many, if not most, Americans are probably not being paid for that lunch break, and are in fact working 0800 to 1700 or something along those lines for an actual 40 hours. That's how it was for me the last regular "9-5" that I had 10 years ago, and I'm pretty sure things haven't gotten better since then.

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