News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Percentage of employees working more than 50 hours per week, 2014 OECD area. Parent comment

Re:Percentage of employees working more than 50 hours per we... by tgb on Sunday August 14, 2016 @08:58PM (#12288019)
Presumably, people know that they will be making less after taxes per marginal hour worked, and hence choose to spend their time with family, on hobbies, etc. instead of at work. (Though I think this is reading too far into the data given.)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Percentage of employees working more than 50 hours per we... by wccrawford on Monday August 15, 2016 @01:11PM (#12291763)
I don't know that I can buy that. At least in the US, many people who work that many hours are salaried, so the extra hours don't mean any extra wages, and they still work those hours. The pressures of the job force them into it, not the economics.
[ Parent | on HN ]