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[–] 95 points 1 year ago (13 children)

As a Dane, I have always been fucking shocked at the slave-like working conditions Americans work under. They barely get any time off as it is. What do you mean too many holidays?

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    The worst part is... If you've ever had the pleasure of working with an American company you'll notice just how unproductive they are.

    Obviously the two are closely connected, but it's always fascinating to me

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yeah there's that myth that if you make people work more hours more work will be done. It all makes sense on the spreadsheet!

    Reality is the workers are human, humans get tired and you aren't getting more work out of anyone by making them work more hours. You're just making someone be at a place longer because you can.

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

    Its basic math. A woman needs 9 months for a pregnancy, surely two women would only need 4.5 months.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    So true. True efficiency can only be achieved when human labour is finite. Look at the small countries of norther europe. /my first comment on lemmee :D

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Welcome to Lemmy!!! Idk if you saw this, but Lemm.ee is about to shut down. I would switch to Lemmy.zip.

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

    Lemmy.zip is blocked in UK :( I could vpn, I guess

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Welcome, friend. Care to join us?

    https://sh.itjust.works/signup

    β€œThe Dude” runs SJW, and the speed and uptime and community are just great. (I am otherwise unaffiliated, just a fan)

    Matrix channel’s here btw

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The problem is that in Germany, our Chancellor is currently on the same trip saying that 'the people don't work enough' even though most people (who have a full time job) already work about 40 hours and many woman would like to work more but can't because there are not enough daycare centres and retirement homes.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    My wife worked for Siemens-Gamesa for a long time, and German managers were always surprised how the Danes would just straight up decline meetings after 16 and leave early if they had to pick up kids.

    They didn't worry about that at all, of course, because their wives generally didn't work full time.

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