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Americans are indeed hardworking but they are not going to go the UK in droves for work when they can make more in the US.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 93240.html
The type of American who would agree to work in the UK for less money than they could make at home is the type that people like you would hate. They'd move to the UK because they like John Oliver and Dr Who and would make allusions to Harry Potter when discussing politics.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 93240.html
The type of American who would agree to work in the UK for less money than they could make at home is the type that people like you would hate. They'd move to the UK because they like John Oliver and Dr Who and would make allusions to Harry Potter when discussing politics.
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I'm not sure why you think anyone would hate US residents in the UK. There have always been a huge number of US citizens living there, for example in Belsize Park. And they seem to do okay for money too, no need for the pity.Harold wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:04 amThe type of American who would agree to work in the UK for less money than they could make at home is the type that people like you would hate. They'd move to the UK because they like John Oliver and Dr Who and would make allusions to Harry Potter when discussing politics.
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Hard workers or make long hours ?Fred Edwards wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:46 pmMaybe we should reach out to America, there's a lot of hard workers over there.
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Hard workers? Are they?v12 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:24 amHard workers or make long hours ?Fred Edwards wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:46 pmMaybe we should reach out to America, there's a lot of hard workers over there.
I thought they were all off their tits on prescription drugs?
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Many Chinese coolies were off their tits on opium but nobody accused them of being lazy.
Americans don't work as hard as the Japanese and the Singaporeans but they work harder than Germans and Englishmen or anyone else in Europe.
Americans don't work as hard as the Japanese and the Singaporeans but they work harder than Germans and Englishmen or anyone else in Europe.
They certainly make long hours, have little holidays, etc. Though, I have my doubts about the productivity. I did deal a lot with US people and I can't say, they are that efficient with what they do, more the contrary. It takes a lot of messages to get them to react with something else as a useless general platitude.
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1. Ireland
Ireland’s productivity per hour is the highest of any country at $99.13. Full-time Irish employees work about 39.7 hours per week. Ireland’s high concentration of multinationals drives its largest productivity gains. Labor productivity grew an average of 4.5% between 2000 and 2016.
2. Norway
Norway’s productivity per hour is $80.83. Norway has the third-lowest average workweek in the world of 38.0 hours per week. Additionally, work-life balance is highly valued, and family is a greater priority than work. Parents are often allowed to leave work early to pick up their kids from school. Norwegians are known for being extremely efficient and task-oriented at work and can shut out their jobs from their lives once the clock hits 4 p.m. (the typical end time of a Norwegian workday)
3. Switzerland
Switzerland is the third-most productive country. Per hour worked, Swiss workers add $69.26 to the economy. The average workweek for full-time employees is 40.5, and only 0.4% of employees work over 50 hours per week.
4. Luxembourg
Luxembourg’s productivity per hour is $68.36. The average workweek in Luxembourg is about 40 hours. It is believed that the main reason for Luxembourg’s high productivity levels is its financial sector. If Luxembourg were to adopt the Scandinavian work-life balance, it is believed that productivity would increase even more.
5. Germany
Germany, one of the most technologically advanced countries globally, is the fifth-most productive. Germany’s productivity is $66.71 per hour. Productivity is significantly higher in western Germany than in eastern Germany even after unification over three decades ago. Eastern Germany has mainly small and medium-sized enterprises with lower labor productivity, and western Germany has larger competitive firms.
6. United States
The United States comes in at six for productivity with $65.51. American full-time employees work 41.5 hours per week, and about 11.1% of employees work over 50 hours per week. While the U.S. is still the sixth-most productive country per hour, this shows that many Americans live to work instead of work as a means to live.
7. Denmark
Denmark is the seventh-most productive country in the world at $64.71 per hour worked. Denmark has the shortest average workweek of just 37.2 hours for full-time employees of the OECD member countries. Denmark will need to continue to grow its worker productivity to keep up with its welfare system and aging population.
8. France
France ranks eighth globally. French workers contribute $62.79 to the GDP (PPP) per hour worked. France’s workweeks are the fifth-shortest among OECD countries at 38.9 hours. France’s productivity is about 25% higher than the OECD average and EU averages.
9. Netherlands
The productivity per hour worked is $61.43 in the Netherlands. The Netherlands has the second-lowest hours worked in an average full-time workweek among OECD countries of 37.3 hours. Productivity is so high in the Netherlands that only 0.4% of employees work over 50 hours per week. The Dutch also have some of the best work-life balance in the world.
10. Belgium
Belgian workers contribute $59.65 to Belgium’s GDP (PPP) per hour worked, making Belgium the tenth-most productive country in the world. The average workweek for full-time employees in Belgium is about 38.8 hours. Employees have strong skills and are highly educated, allowing them to enjoy high wages, relatively low inequality, and an excellent work-life balance.
Ireland’s productivity per hour is the highest of any country at $99.13. Full-time Irish employees work about 39.7 hours per week. Ireland’s high concentration of multinationals drives its largest productivity gains. Labor productivity grew an average of 4.5% between 2000 and 2016.
2. Norway
Norway’s productivity per hour is $80.83. Norway has the third-lowest average workweek in the world of 38.0 hours per week. Additionally, work-life balance is highly valued, and family is a greater priority than work. Parents are often allowed to leave work early to pick up their kids from school. Norwegians are known for being extremely efficient and task-oriented at work and can shut out their jobs from their lives once the clock hits 4 p.m. (the typical end time of a Norwegian workday)
3. Switzerland
Switzerland is the third-most productive country. Per hour worked, Swiss workers add $69.26 to the economy. The average workweek for full-time employees is 40.5, and only 0.4% of employees work over 50 hours per week.
4. Luxembourg
Luxembourg’s productivity per hour is $68.36. The average workweek in Luxembourg is about 40 hours. It is believed that the main reason for Luxembourg’s high productivity levels is its financial sector. If Luxembourg were to adopt the Scandinavian work-life balance, it is believed that productivity would increase even more.
5. Germany
Germany, one of the most technologically advanced countries globally, is the fifth-most productive. Germany’s productivity is $66.71 per hour. Productivity is significantly higher in western Germany than in eastern Germany even after unification over three decades ago. Eastern Germany has mainly small and medium-sized enterprises with lower labor productivity, and western Germany has larger competitive firms.
6. United States
The United States comes in at six for productivity with $65.51. American full-time employees work 41.5 hours per week, and about 11.1% of employees work over 50 hours per week. While the U.S. is still the sixth-most productive country per hour, this shows that many Americans live to work instead of work as a means to live.
7. Denmark
Denmark is the seventh-most productive country in the world at $64.71 per hour worked. Denmark has the shortest average workweek of just 37.2 hours for full-time employees of the OECD member countries. Denmark will need to continue to grow its worker productivity to keep up with its welfare system and aging population.
8. France
France ranks eighth globally. French workers contribute $62.79 to the GDP (PPP) per hour worked. France’s workweeks are the fifth-shortest among OECD countries at 38.9 hours. France’s productivity is about 25% higher than the OECD average and EU averages.
9. Netherlands
The productivity per hour worked is $61.43 in the Netherlands. The Netherlands has the second-lowest hours worked in an average full-time workweek among OECD countries of 37.3 hours. Productivity is so high in the Netherlands that only 0.4% of employees work over 50 hours per week. The Dutch also have some of the best work-life balance in the world.
10. Belgium
Belgian workers contribute $59.65 to Belgium’s GDP (PPP) per hour worked, making Belgium the tenth-most productive country in the world. The average workweek for full-time employees in Belgium is about 38.8 hours. Employees have strong skills and are highly educated, allowing them to enjoy high wages, relatively low inequality, and an excellent work-life balance.
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Productivity and hardworking are two different things. People were more hardworking a century ago but they were also less productive. There are many hardworking people in underdeveloped countries whose productivity, at least in dollar values, is very low.
Yeah, making long hours and/or sweating, does not imply "very productive".
Back to the UK’s pandemic issues: it’s noticeable that even the right wing media like the Telegraph and Spectator are starting to turn on Johnson.
Cases are currently at around 55,000-60,000 a day, around 20-30 times more than most Western European countries. I doubt even starkmonster is going to tell us the U.K. does that much more testing.
Hospitalisations are increasing. Deaths too. And now it emerges that the Johnsons broke their own Christmas Covid restrictions last year.
The vaccination drive has ground to a halt and people are slow taking up the booster shots. It’s going to be a grim winter.
Cases are currently at around 55,000-60,000 a day, around 20-30 times more than most Western European countries. I doubt even starkmonster is going to tell us the U.K. does that much more testing.
Hospitalisations are increasing. Deaths too. And now it emerges that the Johnsons broke their own Christmas Covid restrictions last year.
The vaccination drive has ground to a halt and people are slow taking up the booster shots. It’s going to be a grim winter.
That's all irrelevant, the UK got their brexit into an expensive poverty with shortages, that was the only important thing.Guest wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 6:06 pmBack to the UK’s pandemic issues: it’s noticeable that even the right wing media like the Telegraph and Spectator are starting to turn on Johnson.
Cases are currently at around 55,000-60,000 a day, around 20-30 times more than most Western European countries. I doubt even starkmonster is going to tell us the U.K. does that much more testing.
Hospitalisations are increasing. Deaths too. And now it emerges that the Johnsons broke their own Christmas Covid restrictions last year.
The vaccination drive has ground to a halt and people are slow taking up the booster shots. It’s going to be a grim winter.