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Re:IT employment grew by just 700 jobs in 2023 by wizerdrobe on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @06:49AM (#38925024)
Don’t Europeans typically work less hours than Americans and do so as a point of pride? I’ve spent over a decade lurking HN, Stack Exchange, later Reddit - and I always seem to see Europeans coming in with the “We work 32 hours at most in my country” or “We have a 35 hour standard here.”

Wouldn’t that necessarily imply a reduction in productivity?

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Re:IT employment grew by just 700 jobs in 2023 by myaccountonhn on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @09:29AM (#38926568)
No that’s a false equivalence. More hours ≠ more done.
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Re:IT employment grew by just 700 jobs in 2023 by disgruntledphd2 on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @10:04AM (#38926967)
Nope, because productivity is output divided by hours worked, so working longer can decrease productivity.
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Re:IT employment grew by just 700 jobs in 2023 by HDThoreaun on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @01:51PM (#38930205)
I think youre just using a different definition of productivity. Hourly is valid, but yearly is too.
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Re:IT employment grew by just 700 jobs in 2023 by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @05:48AM (#38938780)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_factor_productivity is my definition, as it's the one that actually gets talked about in the press (as opposed to the nebulous "productivity" beloved of tech people (including me)).
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Re:IT employment grew by just 700 jobs in 2023 by iamflimflam1 on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @02:37PM (#38930834)
I've worked in the UK, Europe and the US. From my personal experience I haven't seen any difference in the amount of effort, productivity or skill level.

Maybe I've just been lucky with the people I've worked with. In one company we had a representative of pretty much every major European country working there along with quite a few guys from the US. Everyone worked hard to get stuff delivered.

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