<story><title>Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-18/americans-work-25-more-than-europeans-study-finds</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>webaholic</author><text>How happy are they working that extra 25%? They are richer, sure. But I don&amp;#x27;t think being rich is an indicator of your overall state.&lt;p&gt;Looking at [1], you can see that people in european countries come out on top of the happiness index. One could argue that working less is actually better for productivity and overall happiness.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-04-23&amp;#x2F;these-are-the-happiest-countries-in-the-world&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-04-23&amp;#x2F;these-are-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mbillie1</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s almost like working 60+ hour weeks churning out CRUD apps to get a rich person richer isn&amp;#x27;t the secret path to happiness or something.</text></comment>
<story><title>Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-18/americans-work-25-more-than-europeans-study-finds</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>webaholic</author><text>How happy are they working that extra 25%? They are richer, sure. But I don&amp;#x27;t think being rich is an indicator of your overall state.&lt;p&gt;Looking at [1], you can see that people in european countries come out on top of the happiness index. One could argue that working less is actually better for productivity and overall happiness.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-04-23&amp;#x2F;these-are-the-happiest-countries-in-the-world&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-04-23&amp;#x2F;these-are-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AdmiralAsshat</author><text>Leaving aside Wall-street the Tech Bubble where people work grueling hours in the hopes of becoming a millionaire, the rest of the US works grueling hours because they &lt;i&gt;need to&lt;/i&gt; in order to eat, pay their rent, etc. Telling someone who is working 40+ hours in order to make ends meet that they need to &amp;quot;work less&amp;quot; is tantamount to telling them to become homeless and destitute.</text></comment>