Tag: Working Less

Americans pride themselves on being hard workers, but that doesn’t mean we’re the most productive. That honor goes to Germany – and they work fewer hours per week than people in the U.S. Both Germany and France recently bested the U.S. in a study that measured the productivity per hour of employees. Coincidentally, Germany and France have mandated that employees must get at least 20 days off per year, although most workers take between 25-30 days off. In the U.S. there are no regulations requiring that employees get time off. In fact, when workers do get paid time off, an average of five PTO days go unused. Many recent studies show that not taking time off is hurting employee productivity and costing businesses billions of dollars. The High Cost of Work Related Burnout Wor...