Very weird, Switzerland isn’t here when the OECD says they have one of the lowest average working time. Sure the law says you can work up to 45 hours per week, but in average people work 35 hours per week according to the OECD.
Would be interested if there’s a way to take the unemployment rate into account as well with this. Work life balance is always great, but only if you’re able to get a job in the first place.
Doesn’t really tell the whole story does it.
For instance, you’ve selectively missed a country out.
I’ve been seeing this graph a couple of times now and I’m still confused by it. In my experience Italy doesn’t really have a good work-life balance, you’re often at the work place for 9 hours minimum without considering the commute, and in offices jobs it’s not unusual that you work for 10 hours with little to no flexibility.
I know not all jobs are office ones but I feel it’s not the best country when it comes to that, especially compared to Scandinavian countries.
I think it’s true. Only problem, a large chunk of Italians do not have a contract…
Italy had more work balance than Netherlands? Well something is wrong here.
next one down on the list is ‘Russian Federation’.
Therefore, I highly doubt this article and its results
Yeah, nope. Italy first in work-life balance seems very wrong.
I’m Italian and the hours are usually long (7-8 am to 6-7 pm or even more), the pay is low, and we usually work from Monday to Saturday (or a variation of 6 days work and 1 free day).
This was taken in 2020, so probably a lot of working from home with reduced hours or not working at all.
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[Source](https://www.statista.com/chart/12977/countries-with-the-best-work-life-balance/)
Very weird, Switzerland isn’t here when the OECD says they have one of the lowest average working time. Sure the law says you can work up to 45 hours per week, but in average people work 35 hours per week according to the OECD.
[Source data](https://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/topics/work-life-balance/)
Quite interesting.
Some countries sure, but not all.
Would be interested if there’s a way to take the unemployment rate into account as well with this. Work life balance is always great, but only if you’re able to get a job in the first place.
Doesn’t really tell the whole story does it.
For instance, you’ve selectively missed a country out.
I’ve been seeing this graph a couple of times now and I’m still confused by it. In my experience Italy doesn’t really have a good work-life balance, you’re often at the work place for 9 hours minimum without considering the commute, and in offices jobs it’s not unusual that you work for 10 hours with little to no flexibility.
I know not all jobs are office ones but I feel it’s not the best country when it comes to that, especially compared to Scandinavian countries.
I think it’s true. Only problem, a large chunk of Italians do not have a contract…
Italy had more work balance than Netherlands? Well something is wrong here.
next one down on the list is ‘Russian Federation’.
Therefore, I highly doubt this article and its results
Yeah, nope. Italy first in work-life balance seems very wrong.
I’m Italian and the hours are usually long (7-8 am to 6-7 pm or even more), the pay is low, and we usually work from Monday to Saturday (or a variation of 6 days work and 1 free day).
This was taken in 2020, so probably a lot of working from home with reduced hours or not working at all.