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Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by zo1 »

danharaj wrote: post #33
31reasons wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Internet provides you access to unlimited amount of information that basically allows people to create their own automation solutions. Why do you have to depend on rich to provide it ? The whole idea of Rich and Poor is based on Scarcity of goods. When we enter the era of full automation, we will be able to convert Energy into any form of product without human intervention. Energy + AI = Products.

> The whole idea of Rich and Poor is based on Scarcity of goods. No, actually, it's based on ownership of the means of production.

No, actually, he was just talking about the concept of "rich and poor", nothing at all to do with Marx's theories about owning the means of production.

The concept of rich and poor relies on the fact that the poor can afford less goods than the rich because of scarcity. I.e. in that simplistic scenario, if there was no scarcity, the concept of "poor" wouldn't exist because they'd have access to as much resources at the rich. Though we are heading into a utopian-level discussion at that point.

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Post by negamax »

cft wrote: post #27

I know that correlation does not imply causation, but EU GDP growth is the lowest in the world [1], while Asian is the highest. 1. https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/economic-dat...

I don't think growth issues in EU are due to more vacations. Tbh, we need lesser work hours and days to pass automation gains to workers.

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Post by ZeroGravitas »

johnkpush wrote: post #6

I worked for a Swedish company. Because of holidays, vacation leave, maternity and paternity leave, and sick days, there were employees of the company that I never saw. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but it took quite a while to get used to it.

I like the ambiguity in your comment that leaves open the possibility that it was you that never turned up for work due to these various ways if taking time off.

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Post by dang »

CyberDildonics wrote: post #17

Was this study done by No Shit University?

You've been posting unsubstantive and—worse—uncivil comments to HN. We ban accounts that do that, so please don't do that.

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Post by guard-of-terra »

SixSigma wrote: post #52

Good on you Turkish, Chechens and Georgians. Uncle Joe Stalin would be proud of his fellow Asian descendants.

Not sure what you wanted to convey, but Chechens live north of Caucasus mountains, which probably makes them Europeans. Now that's a scary idea.

Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by thesumofall »

cft wrote: post #27

I know that correlation does not imply causation, but EU GDP growth is the lowest in the world [1], while Asian is the highest. 1. https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/economic-dat...

And still Germany and France are the most productive countries in the world: http://blog.pgi.com/2014/07/winding-work-week-infographic/

Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by paulsutter »

aikah wrote: post #25
paulsutter wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The study is geographic, and about work culture not race. To your point, a better title might refer to "Asian Countries" and "European Countries" instead of individuals. Europeans living in Japanese companies work similar days/hours as their coworkers, of course.

> The study is geographic, and about work culture not race It's a social study, not geography. Assuming that Japanese are like that or french people are like that is indeed prejudice, since there is no data to back things up but individual bias, or bias promoted by movies or the pop culture. I agree with your second point.

The study is done by country (geography), not by race. From the article:

"According to the study, South Korea and Japan lead the legions of overworked...On the other side of the globe, workers in Finland, France, Germany and Spain are all given 30 days of vacation each year"

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