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The EU's Working Time Directive provides a right to work no more than 48hrs per week. In my experience, while I agree that here in the UK it's a little less socialist, I believe it's rare to see excessive hours. Most (anecdotally) office workers work around 40hrs/week; including developers and engineers.


I'm in the UK, do 37 hours, home by 4.45 each day, don't let anyone tell you you need to work every hour in the day to succeed.


Same here, apart from I'm home by 6pm, but I cruise in at 10am


A hearty fuck you on behalf of all European engineers doing unpaid overtime :)


And a hearty fuck you you should give to those making you do unpaid overtime :)




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