Working longer hours does not equate to higher productivity

The world's most economically competitive nations actually work fewer hours:

🇩🇰 Denmark: 32.2 hours
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 33.2 hours
🇩🇪 Germany: 34.3 hours

In contrast,

🇬🇷 Greece recently introduced a law allowing 48-hour or 6-day workweeks in certain sectors.

Despite working the longest hours in Europe (41.4 hours), Greece has the lowest productivity. 😬

The same pattern applies to organizations:

The longer you work
↳ the more your productive rate of return diminishes.

Long hours lead to
↳ burnout, high turnover and disengagement.

Critics of the shorter work week often miss that where it has been implemented successfully, it has:

→ Improved work quality
→ Improved life quality

The foundation of successful economies isn't 'hard work' measured by long hours it’s smart work - achieving more with less.