UK Proposes Even More Stupid Ideas for Directly Regulating the Internet

Re:UK Proposes Even More Stupid Ideas for Directly Regulatin... by froddd on Saturday February 25, 2023 @03:39AM (#34935003)

My understanding of bigger salaries outside the UK is that they are based on longer working hours, with very little focus on quality of life outside work. This may only apply to the US, but in any case I’ll always personally consider off-work time a very precious requirement.

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Re:UK Proposes Even More Stupid Ideas for Directly Regulatin... by HyperSane on Saturday February 25, 2023 @04:18AM (#34935190)

How many hours do you think the average US programmer works?

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Re:UK Proposes Even More Stupid Ideas for Directly Regulatin... by Barrin92 on Saturday February 25, 2023 @05:44AM (#34935591)

probably almost four to eight weeks more per year than the average British or European programmer. In the EU and UK most countries have about six weeks of mandatory paid time off per year, and strict limits on overtime work.

Anecdotally from my own experience in the US I'd say Americans work probably about 20% more hours annually. Even people who had comparable vacation would often only take two weeks, and weekly hours seemed to be closer to 40-45 than the 35-38 that's common in Europe.

edit: btw that's not industry specific, it's a long running trend: https://www.stlouisfed.org/-/media/project/frbstl/stlouisfed...

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Re:UK Proposes Even More Stupid Ideas for Directly Regulatin... by orwin on Saturday February 25, 2023 @09:44AM (#34937035)

I mean, I went from 11 weeks of PTO to 8 and I still have trouble adjusting 3 years later, I can't imagine having only 2.

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