你一日返工幾多個鐘呢?

今日在BBC個website見到一單新聞, 講歐洲人嘅工作時間。原來在歐洲人之中, 英國人已經叫做得長時間, 不過... 都只係平均每週工作 41.4小時。41.4小時, 如果以每週5天工作計算, 即係一日大約工作8小時。
 

*** LONGEST WEEKLY HOURS ***

Bulgaria  (保加利亞) - 41.7

Romania (羅馬尼亞) - 41.7

UK (英國) - 41.4

Czech Republic (捷克) - 41.2

Austria (奧地利) - 41.1

Source: Eurofound

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而法國同埋意大利, 就平均計算, 工時最少, 只係大約 37.7同埋 38.4小時, 即係一日唔駛做8個鐘喎, 呢個數可能已經包埋lunch hour, 即係可能每日工作時間都唔駛7個鐘。 咁好, 好多香港人不知幾羨慕呢。 相信好多香港人都做到隻積咁, 每日8個鐘係最基本, 加班幾多個鐘就更加唔駛講, 確實同人唔同命。

我一向都唔OT, 以前份工, 我一夠鐘就走人 (除非有特別事要即日做完), 因為以前返工時間係 10am-7pm, 或者 10:30am-7:30pm, official走已經7pm或7:30pm, 所以一定唔會OT, 再遲走我返到屋企好夜喇, 約friends出街都 aun 啦。 我記得當時我一個同事成日都話我, "老細未走喎, 你走喇?", 我就話, "咁又點呀, 我夠鐘喇, 聽日嘅野留番聽日做啦"。

D野永遠都做唔完, 我冇可能同佢係咁OT, 我唔會因為老細未走所以我唔敢走, 我機件要休息。其實我發現好多人要等老細走左自己先走 (但其實自已又唔係好多野要做到遲走嗰種喎), 何解???  咁代表勤力?  盡責?  為公司搏命?  點解要扮好忙?  好難扮個喎!!  正常工作時間裡扮忙就話正路啫 , 超時工作扮忙?  唔駛掛??

好彩以前個老細係英國人, 都唔鐘意OT, 亦唔主張我地留在公司太耐, 而且因為佢一定係最後一個離開公司同鎖門, 所以都唔想我地阻住佢走人。

依家... 我都係一樣, 除非特別需要, 否則唔會OT, 最重要係因為工種關系, 冇乜野會攪到我地經常要超時。而我呢個老細都係英國人, 都係同我一樣夠鐘收工鬆人 (除非有需要)。反而, 我老細放親假, 我就要倒塔咁早返工, 要返 7am-6pm, 或怎至6am-6pm (視乎澳洲夏令or冬令), 返完10幾粒鐘都倦到痴晒線!!!  所以更加放工即走人。

絕對唔係講風涼話, 我曾幾何時都要成日留守, 要OT, 仲係突如其來要OT個種, 攪到上part time堂又遲到, 約friend又要cancel, 超級冇隱。 所以依家唔需要再有乜OT日子真係感謝上主恩典!!

希望大家都可以大多數時間係準時收工... 畢竟, 人生唔係只得工作嘛... 你老細應該醒目, 比時間你多D休息同消遣。

*** SHORTEST WEEKLY HOURS ***

France (法國) - 37.7

Italy (意大利) - 38.4

Denmark (丹麥) - 38.6

Portugal (葡萄牙) - 38.8

Belgium (比利時) - 38.8

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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk (4 September 2008)
UK workers are among the hardest working people in Europe, with only Romanians and Bulgarians putting in longer hours, new research shows.
UK workers in full-time jobs put in an average of 41.4 hours every week, one and a half hours more than the average for the 27 members of the EU.
The French and Italians worked the fewest hours - with an average of 37.7 and 38.4 hours per week.
The UK workers also get less annual leave than the average EU worker.

The research was compiled by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), an organisation founded by the EU.

The group said that there was a substantial gap between the length of the working week in Eastern and Western Europe.
It found that the working hours in the 12 countries that have joined the EU since enlargement began in 2004, work longer than the original 15 members - 40.6 hours a week compared with 39.5.

Slovakia was the only new EU member to have recorded a considerable reduction in working hours over the past few years, it said.

The average number of fully paid days of annual leave for EU workers is 25.2 days, with UK workers getting an average of 24.6 days.
Weekly hours worked by male full-time employees exceeded those of their female counterparts, with men working 2.3 hours more than women in the 27 EU member states.