28.8 hour work week?!

[hugh jass]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_on_bi_ge/germany_volkswagen

this is crazy! vw plan employees only have a 28.8 hour work week, plus how many weeks of vacation per year? jesus, i'm living in the wrong country.

[Ryan Stewart]

Its going to keep going up, they are gonig broke.

[CleanAzzE30z]

In Germany I think EVERYONE is required to take 3-4 weeks vacation.

Mariano

[Mot]

my german family put it best.

americans live to work, germans work to live.

[aaron.j]

"to get employees to work additional hours for no additional pay"

damn

[Kilomph]

Nah, the germans need the time off, they shouldn't let things build up. We don't need Germany playing a large role in WW3.

[Ray Smoodiver]

holy fuck I do that in a single weekend.

[Ray Smoodiver]

I bartend.

[E30 Wagen]

my german family put it best.

americans live to work, germans work to live.

for some reason i don't understand the wording of this

that means that Germans work just enough to survive while Americans are preocuppied with work? If so, my dad is a typical American. It's like a loss of oxygen if he can't find a job to do.

[Mot]

No, it means that germans work enough to live, were as americans focus their life around work. Its a mindset, not something to be taken litterally.

[straight6pwr]

in a sense, us americans are materialistic and want to buy tons of shit that we really dont need so we work our asses off. nothing wrong with it really, a bit wasteful, just a different life style.