Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Working Hard?

Lee, who sometimes has to sleep at the ministry of agriculture and fisheries by lying on top of his desk, might seem like a workaholic that needs to get his priorities straight. But his schedule is completely normal in South Korea, where the average employee works 2,357 hours per year--that’s six-and-a-half hours for every single day of their life.

The World's Hardest-Working Countries via Forbes

1 comment:

  1. south korea, greece, czech republic, poland, hungary are the "longest working countries."

    none of those are really economic powerhouses, THUS it ain't about working long hours like a robot, it's about productivity.

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