Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Sep 6th 2009, 5:10 pm
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Snap....
As I think all wine tastes like its something Sarsons produced then I'm not that fussed at missing out... now beer tasting would be a different matter.
As I think all wine tastes like its something Sarsons produced then I'm not that fussed at missing out... now beer tasting would be a different matter.
Sep 6th 2009, 5:11 pm
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...329502555.html
Australians on average work 1855 hours a year, or 38.6 hours a week if you assume they work 48 weeks a year.
US workers are second, averaging 1835 hours a year,
followed by Japan (1821) and
New Zealand (1817).
Finland (1730) led the table in Western Europe,
followed by the much-maligned British workers, who put in 1708 hours a year - three hours a week less than Australians.
However, it does depend on what you read.... the above is the Australian Media take on it.
Let's look at a a British view:
http://www.cipd.co.uk/news/_articles...-in-europe.htm
05 September 2008
Full-time employees in the UK put in 41.4 hours per week, which is 1 hour and 24 minutes more than the EU average, according to the report published by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
In 2002,
Average Annual work hours (source: OECD (2004), "OECD in Figures"
Australia 1,823.6 annual working hours per working person = 37.99 hrs per week over 48 weeks
UK 1,707.0 annual working hours per working person = 35.56 hrs per week over 48 weeks
The issue does get confusing, depending on what you read.
Australians on average work 1855 hours a year, or 38.6 hours a week if you assume they work 48 weeks a year.
US workers are second, averaging 1835 hours a year,
followed by Japan (1821) and
New Zealand (1817).
Finland (1730) led the table in Western Europe,
followed by the much-maligned British workers, who put in 1708 hours a year - three hours a week less than Australians.
However, it does depend on what you read.... the above is the Australian Media take on it.
Let's look at a a British view:
http://www.cipd.co.uk/news/_articles...-in-europe.htm
05 September 2008
Full-time employees in the UK put in 41.4 hours per week, which is 1 hour and 24 minutes more than the EU average, according to the report published by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
In 2002,
Average Annual work hours (source: OECD (2004), "OECD in Figures"
Australia 1,823.6 annual working hours per working person = 37.99 hrs per week over 48 weeks
UK 1,707.0 annual working hours per working person = 35.56 hrs per week over 48 weeks
The issue does get confusing, depending on what you read.
Any stats for Singapore? Those guys work 24/7!!!
Sep 6th 2009, 5:11 pm
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Sep 7th 2009, 3:08 am
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Okay all this talk about beer and pubs, my girlfriends and I were in a curtained off cafe, snuck through the back door because it's ramadan and the three of us from Brisbane were wishing we were in the pub across the road from the Gabba where we used to go for coffee mornings straight from school - can anyone tell me it's name, we've all been away from home for a couple of years and had brain freeze.
Sep 7th 2009, 9:24 am
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Okay all this talk about beer and pubs, my girlfriends and I were in a curtained off cafe, snuck through the back door because it's ramadan and the three of us from Brisbane were wishing we were in the pub across the road from the Gabba where we used to go for coffee mornings straight from school - can anyone tell me it's name, we've all been away from home for a couple of years and had brain freeze.
SOrry not in Brissy so can't help you there!
