Where the Most Workers Put in a 60-Hour Week
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For many people around the world, Friday doesn't signal the end of the working week. Working hours are affected by many factors including necessity in the case of people working for the emergency services, company expectations, individual drive as well as cultural reasons in different nations. OECD research has shed light on the countries where workers are putting in 60 hours plus every week. Thankfully, the share is still low in most countries, though it does rise alarmingly in several places.
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Asian countries in particular have earned themselves bad reputations for poor work life balance. In Japan, cases where people have literally died from work-related stress have made headlines and prompted the government to change attitudes towards work. There is even a word in Japanese for death from overwork - "karoshi". Workers in Japan are known to stay late and avoid taking holiday but the share working 60 hours plus is still far less than in South Korea, 9.2%.
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Source: OECD
Via @Statista.
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Interesting to see how the hours worked as a % of GDP correlate to wages and total income. I thought the harder you work, the more the system was supposed to benefit you? It appears there is a complete breakdown of this model and a restructuring needs to take place.