Working endless hours may be nothing more than a waste of time. The BYOD and Cloud phenomenons have blurred the line between work and home with the goal of greater productivity. However, data from OECD and the Economist say just the opposite. Entrepreneur reports that Germany has the shortest work week, with employees averaging 35 hours a week at the office, but it also the most productive nation in the world.
According to the cloud-based software company PGi which created this infographic, the marginal benefit of each hour worked on a country’s gross domestic product declines pretty steadily as the number of hours increases.
How many hours a week do you work?
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