Portugal bans bosses texting staff after-hours

Re:Portugal bans bosses texting staff after-hours by belter on Friday November 12, 2021 @06:06PM (#29205551)

For an even better example look at the different German states. Bavaria with its rich BMW factories versus Saarland where anybody who does not work in Luxembourg is poor as a mouse. Same German population, same working culture and methods, but completely different outcomes.

One state is rich another one shows a deficit and there has been no job creation. If the German model is so good why cant Germany reproduce it in every part of the country?

At the same time Volkswagen Autoeuropa an automotive assembly plant, located in the city of Palmela, near Lisbon, showed higher productivity than some sites in Germany.

The problem with "working culture" analysis is that they miss the underlying processes, patterns and local constrains most teams are forced to work it.

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Re:Portugal bans bosses texting staff after-hours by ekianjo on Saturday November 13, 2021 @12:35AM (#29207694)

> If the German model is so good why cant Germany reproduce it in every part of the country?

Capital and supply chains are not spread evenly across the country... and that's a major factor.

If culture was the only thing then you'd expect people at the top of a mountain to have the same level of life as someone living in a city. That's obviously not going to happen in any case.

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Re:Portugal bans bosses texting staff after-hours by emodendroket on Friday November 12, 2021 @08:04PM (#29206359)

Well, that's one problem... another is that people often use it as an excuse for thinly veiled prejudice.

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