Turks, one of the hardest working Nation on the planet

[Khan_21]

This ranking cant be right. Where is Japan? They are probably the most overworked country in the world. Alot of them even sleep in their offices.

 

[rambro]

Always thought its the east asians that are known for hardworking

 

[Nefarious]

Used to work 65+ hours on my last job. Did it for nearly 5 years. Wasn't a shit job either but never again!!!

 

[TNT]

This is no match for Pakistan working hours. 60 hours week is normal here. 6 days work in a week is also normal. The thing is how efficient those working hours or how much work done per hour of Pakistanis is the lowest. Mostly all day chaye, gupshup, discuss politics, discuss kashmir n go home.

 

[Saithan]

In Denmark 37 hours is full time employment. But many government institutions in healthcare hire people for less. People have too much overtime. Budget cuts/balance in the public sector along with burdens from social welfare system etc. etc. push politicians to reduce working hours. Another issue is how much revenue companies want. Optimize revenue by making their current staff do overtime and not paying them extra for that overtime. So if tha law said 60 hours a week, trust me the management would gloat. You cannot compare someone working for a salary with one who is an entrepreneur. Business owner usually work 60-70 hours a week, because they are the driving force of the firm and none is gonna pay them a salary, but the customers they make.

IMO Turkey needs work hours regulated we have high unemployment. If ppl only work 40 hours a week down from 60, then that means additional manpower which in return reduces unemployment. Etc. etc.

 

[touela]

Here are the countries where people work hardest in the world
Posted Monday 21 May 2018 09:45 by Narjas Zatat in discover
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People in Turkey are among the hardest workers in the world.

Data by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found that on average, Turkish employees worked an average of 47.9 hours a week in 2016.

Next up was Colombia, and Mexico followed on swift wings with employees averaging 45.2 hours a week and Costa Rica 44.9 hours.


Conversely, of the countries sampled, the Netherlands and Danes work the least, clocking in just 29.1 and 32.1 hours per week respectively. Here are the top 15, based on average hours works a week on the main job:

1. Turkey, 47.9 hours a week
2. Colombia, 47.9
3. Mexico, 45.2
4. Costa Rica, 44.9
5. Chile, 43.4
6. South Africa, 43.1
7. Israel, 40.6
8. Poland, 39.9
9. Hungary, 39.6
10. Portugal, 39.4
11. Czech Republic, 39.4
12. Slovak Republic, 39.2
13. Slovenia, 39.2
14. Greece, 39.0
15. Latvia, 38.9


The data also found that some employees can work more than 60 hours. Over 20 per cent of employees in Turkey work more than 60 hour weeks, and nearly 12 per cent of South Africans do the same – despite the fact that the country’s labour law prohibits more than 45 hours per week.


With that in mind, here are the top 15 countries where the share of employed people worked more than 60 hours per week:

1. Turkey (20.9 per cent of the workforce)
2. Colombia (17.2 per cent)
3. Costa Rica (16.7 per cent)
4. Mexico (14.7 per cent)
5. Indonesia (14.3 per cent)
6. India 13.6 per cent)
7. South Korea (12.8 per cent)
8. South Africa (11.8 per cent)
9. Greece (11.7 per cent)
10. Japan (8.2 per cent)
11. Argentina (8.1 per cent)
12. Chile (8.1 per cent)
13. Iceland (7 per cent)
14. New Zealand (6.7 per cent)
15. Australia (6.1 per cent)
H/T QZ

Reference: https://www.indy100.com/article/hardest-working-countries-in-world-oecd-statistics-research-8361121

NOT true. In Denmark ppl work on avg 37 hours per week. In offices it exceed 40+ hours

 

[KediKesenFare3]

Nothing to be proud of. We're working longer to compensate our inefficiency.

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Work smart not hard or so they say

 

[Medivh]

Long working hours is not a positive thing. Turkey's work environment is quite inefficient.

 

[KAL-EL]

Aside from the hard-working, they have great food too

 

[Battle of Waterloo]

This is good for a developing country but for a developed country it's a sign of economic weakness in most cases.

Or at least it has social downsides, i.e. lower fertility rates, more mental health problems and higher suicide rates for example.

 

[Kamil_baku]

This ranking cant be right. Where is Japan? They are probably the most overworked country in the world. Alot of them even sleep in their offices.

I work with Japanese people... i wouldnt really call them as hard working people as Turkish people...
It is every Turkish persons dream to have a business in the future.. let say if they work at kebab place, they want to learn everything so one day they can open it... it is good to have it in mind so naturally you enerjize yourself..
on the other hand, Japanese people simply stay at work and play with their computer just to show that they are at work... but i still think Japanese people are very nice people by nature

 

[Saithan]

Inefficiency is indeed an important cue here. Especially in government institutions.

 

[Yildirm4-7-8]

They’re working a lot because there is no money. Minimum wage is relatively low. And the purchasing power of average ppl is also lower then other European or more developed countries. Also I’m sure this study isn’t entirely accurate. Like someone else said it doesn’t include Japan, or even fishermen from Liberia who I’m sure work everyday of the week for very little compensation

 

[mete]

47.5 hours is false. OECD relies on official data. In our country companies do not pay for extra workhours, to do this they do not report the extra work. I am not even counting your workload that you need to finish at home; which many people do regularly. You can not make people work more than 45 hours without paying extra money, this is why it is around 45 every single year in OECD data

I do not know anyone working less than 60 hours a week around me in private sector.

Then why people are afraid of demanding their money? Lack of goverment inspection, extreme unemployment.