many people say that they are working too many hours. they don't have enough time with their families. they can't take care ofthings at home. they don't have time to relax
work hours vary form one country to another. in france,people spen about 1,646 hours a year at work. in japan,however,people work about 2,156 hours a year. that means a japanese employee work 513 more hours a years than a french employee. that is more than 12 weeks,or three months,of extra work!
why do people work so many hours? some people work extra hours because they want to earn more money. however, many companies don't pay overtime. their employees don't get extra pay for extra work. these people work extra hours because thay think it's their duty. some people are afraid they will lose their job if they don't work extra hours.
many people say that their vacations are too short. in france,people get five weeks of paid vacation. in germany,they get from four to six weeks. in united states,two weeks of vacation is the averange. many people don't even use all of theirvacation days. in one study in great britain,fewer than half of workres used all their vacation day.in english,people say,"all work and no play makes jack a dull boy."if that is true,three dre a lof of dull people in the world.