Come sempre bisogna ricordare: lavorare meno, lavorare tuttÉ™
The evolution of hours worked from 1970 to today in the United States, Germany, and Switzerland. The data confirm my personal experience. I am fairly sure that Europeans, including the Swiss, do not fully realize how much less they work compared with Americans.
For what it's worth, I have lost count of the number of public holidays that can be combined with vacation days to create entire weeks off over the past year, something I never experienced in the United States, where it is essentially impossible by design.
Beyond that, in my experience, work organization, workplace culture, and animal spirits are often not comparable.
Will we be able to change Europe?