On: The average Greek is working a full 40% longer than the average German

[john61]

It does not matter how long you work. What matters is what you get done in a week.

[cmdkeen → john61]

This. The far more important column is the second one about Productivity. And Germany leads the way there with no mention for Greece.

Working more hours to produce the same thing is bad, not good.

[tluyben2 → cmdkeen]

Leads the way? Belgium and the Netherlands are higher. In that table (where did they get those numbers) I would say Norway + Netherlands 'win'; least hours, most productive. For me as a programmer that's exactly how it should be.

[kristofferR → john61]

Yeah, there may actually be an inverse correlation between the length of work and productivity. It seems that way according to the chart at least.