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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The citizens of what country work the most paid and unpaid minutes in a day? Is it not obvious???
This is a very interesting graphic. My initial question was why in the world are Mexicans, or anybody for that matter, working for no payment? Does this graphic include work people do around the house or vouluntarily? If that's the case it's not really work.
I would argue that work load is a cultural thing. Depending oh how each group of people define their own standards of what is done each day. I would assume that work is factored in there somewhere. This is really quite interesting.
I think it is a cultural thing as well. The top three highest 'paid work or study' producing countries (Korea, Japan, and China) have similar cultures that give a high value for hard work--especially academically (which would transfer into upper class, white collar, paid work).
Although many Mexicans work unpaid, they also have a high number of minutes worked. This could be because they may get paid less so they have to make the rest of the money up by working long hours. It could also be due to the simple fact that they are just hard workers. The data of their unpaid could be so high because they feel the need to give back to society or be helpful which could be part of their culture.
Where I work, to my eye, Mexicans set the standard. They are hard workers.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting graphic. My initial question was why in the world are Mexicans, or anybody for that matter, working for no payment?
ReplyDeleteDoes this graphic include work people do around the house or vouluntarily? If that's the case it's not really work.
I would argue that work load is a cultural thing. Depending oh how each group of people define their own standards of what is done each day. I would assume that work is factored in there somewhere. This is really quite interesting.
I think it is a cultural thing as well. The top three highest 'paid work or study' producing countries (Korea, Japan, and China) have similar cultures that give a high value for hard work--especially academically (which would transfer into upper class, white collar, paid work).
ReplyDeleteAlthough many Mexicans work unpaid, they also have a high number of minutes worked. This could be because they may get paid less so they have to make the rest of the money up by working long hours. It could also be due to the simple fact that they are just hard workers. The data of their unpaid could be so high because they feel the need to give back to society or be helpful which could be part of their culture.
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