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Re:The Pigeon Movement – A rallying cry for French startups by madflo on Monday October 01, 2012 @05:49AM (#4596052)
The 35 hour workweek is not as simple as "only working 35 hours". It is the case for blue-collar workers (ouvriers) but things are less rigid for white-collar workers and management (cadres).

"Ouvriers" are paid by the hour and "Cadres" per day. All engineers working in IT should have a "cadre" contract, so they do not really count their hours.

Boss or staff, in the French startups with whom I did have the pleasure to work, the 35 hours are far away from the really worked hours.

Re:The Pigeon Movement – A rallying cry for French startups by carlob on Monday October 01, 2012 @05:56AM (#4596073)
I know engineers who get up to 8 weeks of paid holiday because they accrue JRTT (days of reduction of work time) when they work overtime.