Which continent is the laziest?

[UpGrD]

Not only do we (USA) work more, on a per hour worked we are by far the most productive. The productivity per hour worked in the US is at the highest it has ever been, and its always been higher than any where else in the world............

 

[BMdoobieW]

North America. They never get anything done, or at least never done right.

 

[hevnsnt]

You must be talking about Canada

 

[trmiv]

I'm glad to see some of these self-loathing Americans overshadowed by people who actually have a clue.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: trmiv
I'm glad to see some of these self-loathing Americans overshadowed by people who actually have a clue.

It really is ashamed that there is a large segment of Americans who have nothing positive to say about this country. It's as if they relish in bashing the country, even if they can't support their bashing with facts.

 

[ed21x]

South America.

 

[dderidex]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: CRXican
Europe

bastards get 2 hour lunches and stuff, take more vacations

Americans work more and vacationless, the asshats that voted North America need to do some reading.

Correct, ignorance is abound...

edit: and typos

Did you read that article? The author concedes that while Americans might be harder working...

?The U.S. has a productive workforce that is very prolific and can quickly respond to change, but the European work life has more quality to it,? Norquist said.

Barrie Peterson, associate director of the Institute on Work at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, agrees. ?Rates of stroke, alcoholism, abandonment of children ? we need to look at these issues too.?

?There are some very powerful negative impacts on different levels of our lives from working more and more,? Peterson continued. ?It has a negative impact on psychological health: parents are not available to help in their communities and unavailable for child-rearing.?

 

[nCred]

Originally posted by: UpGrD
Not only do we (USA) work more, on a per hour worked we are by far the most productive. The productivity per hour worked in the US is at the highest it has ever been, and its always been higher than any where else in the world............

That is not true:
http://www.tuc.org.uk/em_research/tuc-6257-f8.cfm

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: dderidex

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: CRXican
Europe

bastards get 2 hour lunches and stuff, take more vacations

Americans work more and vacationless, the asshats that voted North America need to do some reading.

Correct, ignorance is abound...

edit: and typos

Did you read that article? The author concedes that while Americans might be harder working...

?The U.S. has a productive workforce that is very prolific and can quickly respond to change, but the European work life has more quality to it,? Norquist said.

Barrie Peterson, associate director of the Institute on Work at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, agrees. ?Rates of stroke, alcoholism, abandonment of children ? we need to look at these issues too.?

?There are some very powerful negative impacts on different levels of our lives from working more and more,? Peterson continued. ?It has a negative impact on psychological health: parents are not available to help in their communities and unavailable for child-rearing.?

I don't by that guys statement. The stats that I could google show stroke prevalence rates close or exceeding the US in Europe. Plus, noone can successfully argue that the European alcoholism rate is less percentagewise than the US. We're talking Ireland, Germany and France here people. Not sure about child abandonment, but the Baltic region is notorious for child rearing issues, while the US has one of the strongest adoption programs in the world. I'm calling BS until this Assoc. Director can prove otherwise.

Edit: Just found an article that said the US has 7000 abandoned children a year - 7K! didn't mention anything about Europe, but China has 1 to 3 million in orphanages right now (yes, I understand why), Columbia has 30K and Egypt has a huge problem because many people will not adopt abandoned children. I would say kids who are abandoned in the US are fortunate they are abandoned in this country. The chances of survival and adoption are great compared to many other areas in this world. Again, BS on this idiot Assoc. Director. Link to abandonment article.

 

[Malak]

Europe has more output per hour, that's why they work less hours.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: KruptosAngelos
Europe has more output per hour, that's why they work less hours.

Errr no. France, for example, has government mandated limits on how many hours employees can work (35). They did this to try and help deal with unemployment. The thinking was that if they force employers to not work employees past 35 hours, the employers will have to hire more employees. It didn't work out that way as France's unemployment got worse.

 

[dderidex]

Originally posted by: CPA
I don't by that guys statement. The stats that I could google show stroke prevalence rates close or exceeding the US in Europe. Plus, noone can successfully argue that the European alcoholism rate is less percentagewise than the US. We're talking Ireland, Germany and France here people. Not sure about child abandonment, but the Baltic region is notorious for child rearing issues, while the US has one of the strongest adoption programs in the world. I'm calling BS until this Assoc. Director can prove otherwise.

LOL - confusing alcohol enjoyment with alcoholism, much? Alcoholism IS worse in the US than Europe, but I don't wonder if that isn't more genetics. The Native American genetic structure has a well known tendency towards the alcoholic gene, and they are substantially more bred into the population on this side of the Atlantic than the other.

And I don't believe the article was referring to outright *abandonement*, but even as much as parents simply not being there for their kids growing up - IE., parental availability to their kids is substantially less over here. But, that's a no brainer. I mean, if the parents work 20% more hours than European parents do, no duh they are home 20% less for their kids.

And I don't know where you got your 'stroke' numbers from. Last survey I had seen (granted, mid-90s) showed US cardiopulmonary diseases at a rate nearly 50% higher than first-world European countries. (Be careful to exclude the Baltic states, much of the Balkans, etc. The US is a powerful first-world country, it's only really fair to compare other countries that are in a similar economic and military situation - limiting you to basically France, Germany, the UK, and Italy in Europe.)

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: dderidex

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: CRXican
Europe

bastards get 2 hour lunches and stuff, take more vacations

Americans work more and vacationless, the asshats that voted North America need to do some reading.

Correct, ignorance is abound...

edit: and typos

Did you read that article? The author concedes that while Americans might be harder working...

Where did I comment on anything about the "..."? Besides, the conclusion in that article is a matter of opinion, which is irrelevant to the topic here.

If you want some less fluff, try this and this.

I was pointing out that Americans work harder, it's pretty commonly known that the hours worked/week are pretty high compared to other industrial countries. Apparently not everyone here knows that.

Higher hours worked/week != lazy.

 

[artikk]

North America no doubt.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Europe is the laziest.
We tend to work more hours per week here in North America then the Europeans.