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Working Hard?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the define-work dept.

Two related stories about working hard in the U.S.: U.S. workers are granted less (and take less) vacation time than workers in other industrialized nations. And if that wasn't enough, changes to the overtime laws will eliminate overtime pay for many workers.

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  1. Re:People work harder in the U.S.? by AceM2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    rofl.. This either gets modded down as a troll because the person is saying people have to work hard to get ahead in life.. Or because of the liberal comment.. Which was a lot nicer than most of the anti-bush comments I see that get modded +5 Funny
    Times like this I wish I had mod points to offset some of the morons around here..

  2. strong dollar by ramzak2k · · Score: 1, Troll

    could this be because the strong dollar ?
    The people are having to work a lot to stay competitive with the international markets and some more to balance the exchange rate of the dollar. Unless the dollar weakens i dont see this trend changing.

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  3. Re:hardly working by telecaster · · Score: -1, Troll

    Please, i'd love to see the statistic of people working "hard". I'm willing to bet that there is a small percentage in this country "working hard" and shouldering the economy while the rest of the nation "rests and relaxes". Have you seen the welfare numbers? Have you seen the unemployment numbers? Gimme a break.

  4. Re:OK.... Is this Balanced? by BJH · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, it's a finite resource. Let's see...

    24 hours a day * 30 days a month = 720 hours

    A good worker only needs to sleep for 20% of the day, so:

    720 * 0.2 = 144
    720 - 144 = 576

    Obviously, if you have the best interests of the company at heart, you'll work 576 hours a month.
    But if you really want that promotion, I'm sure you'll work at least 600 hours...

  5. Re:If you have the inspiration... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I work for someone else.. but, it gives me real satisfaction to tell assholes such as yourself to go fuck yourself when you cold call my company trying to make a sale. I'm glad that your dignity is worth selling out to the highest bidder. Sales people are the scum of the Earth.

  6. Re:US vs French vacation packages by Rayonic · · Score: 0, Troll

    > Guess where I choose to live?

    In a country that's going bankcrupt because of it's overly-generous government jobs? So, how are those labor protest/riots going anyway?

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