French: the most productive people in the world

[Azzaro]

Voila un argument supplementaire plaidant en faveur des Francais!


The Business Insider:

"A new survey from UBS has shown that the French continue to work the least amount of hours per year in the world. Once again, the French have blown away the competition.

People work an average of 1,902 hours per year in the surveyed cities but they work much longer in Asian and Middle Eastern cities... People in Lyon and Paris, by contrast, spend the least amount of time at work according to the global comparison: 1,582 and 1,594 hours per year respectively.
Upon seeing this data, some might criticize the French for being lazy, but that misses the point completely. The real message here is that the French are likely some of the most productive people in the entire world.
Think about it. Nationmaster ranks France as #18 in terms of GDP per capita, at $36,500 per person, yet France works much less than most developed nations. They achieve their high standard of living while working 16% less hours than the average world citizen, and almost 25% than their Asian peers as per UBS. Plus, if you visit France you'll also realize that their actual standard of living is probably much higher than GDP numbers would indicate.

Thus, if one were to divide France's GDP per capita by actual hours worked, you'd probably find that the French are achieving some of the highest returns on work-hours invested. Labor Alpha, if you will.
We can actually calculate this Labor Alpha using statistics from Nation Master.

France has $36,500 GDP/Capita and works 1,453 hours per year. This equates to a GDP/Capita/Hour of $25.10. Americans, on the other hand, have $44,150 GDP/Capita but work 1,792 hours per year. Thus Americans only achieve $24.60 of GDP/Capita/Hour.
This puts the French Labor Alpha at about $0.50 GDP/Capita/Hour over the US. It may sound small at first, but add that up across millions of people, and a few decades. Now you've built a lesson for the rest of the world to learn.

Winning is not about working hard. It's about working smart... and less. As the French know well."


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[lvlatthieu]

Ca le fait d'imprimer l'article et de le faire négligemment tomber lors d'un entretien d'embauche ?

[Guiguit]

Haha, bonne idée ça !

[Lilou]

Ah ça c'est un article qui fait plaisir, parce qu'avec la fréquence des grèves françaises et le nombre de semaines de congés payes en France, on nous jette vite la pierre, mais c'est vrai qu'ici c'est coolos le rythme de travail...

[viviane]

c'est bien ce qui me semblait ... j'étais bien plus productive en France (on m'en demandait plus en moins de temps et j'y arrivais)
ici ... on m'en demande moins, en plus de temps ... :aie: (et j'ai fait plusieurs jobs alors je peux 'généraliser') donc j'y arrive aussi, mais ... pas avec le même entrain ... moi j'aime travailler sous la pression = le Québec ne semble pas être mon pays idéal ...

[Scrogneugneu]

ça confirme ce que je pensais... là où je bosse ça se br**le la nouille (désolée pour l'expression mais c'est la seule qui me vient!), et je suis obligée de réclamer des trucs à faire alors que j'y vais à un rythme vraiiiiment trankilou...
chuis pas fan non plus, je préfère que ça speed...

[marionb]

eh oui...on est comme ça...c'est bien connu...on est des NERVEUX!!!! !!!!