Closest thing to an "All Work, No Play" culture? (credit, stats)

[ragnarkar]

Which culture, in your opinion, has the most prevalent "all work, no play" mentality in its general population?

Some contenders:

- South Korea: sure they work long hours but they also seem to have plenty of entertainment options, at least compared to the US.

- Germany: They're known for their systematic and efficient work ethic but their work hours lag the US.

- US: Many people think of most areas, except a few big cities, as "boring".

[stan4]

Japan is famous for it. They even have that phenomenon where people die from overwork.

[Rozenn]

Don't know for the other countries, but I wouldn't put Germany in this list. Germans work less hours than most OECD countries (many vacation days) and seem to have a healthy work-leisure balance.

[Jesse44]

Japan.

I don't agree with Germany being overworked at all though. They just seem very efficient, logical, and well-balanced in terms of how they organize everything, in general.

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by Rozenn

Don't know for the other countries, but I wouldn't put Germany in this list. Germans work less hours than most OECD countries (many vacation days) and seem to have a healthy work-leisure balance.

Yeah, stereotypes die slowly.

[nei]

Originally Posted by Rozenn

Don't know for the other countries, but I wouldn't put Germany in this list. Germans work less hours than most OECD countries (many vacation days) and seem to have a healthy work-leisure balance.

Germany looks among the lowest (though might be because more women work part-time?)

Average annual hours actually worked per worker

US is high, South Korea and Greece are even higher.

[Bamford]

Originally Posted by stan4

Japan is famous for it. They even have that phenomenon where people die from overwork.

[dunno what to put here]

Originally Posted by Ariete

Yeah, stereotypes die slowly.

Most Brits would probably nominate the UK as a country that is all work and no play, but we work less hours than most OECD countries.

[almost3am]

North Korea?

[mateo45]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned China?!

600,000 Chinese workers die from overwork annually


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