Who works the most minutes each day at home and work?

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edited May 2011 in A Moving Train
(CNN) - Who works the most minutes each day at home and work?

Japan may be the first to spring to mind, with its legendary work ethic, but according to the latest study by the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development, Japan comes in second place with an average of 540 minutes, or nine hours, spent doing paid work and chores such as shopping and cooking.

So what nation is the hardest working in the world? Mexico, according to the OECD.

As the chart above shows breaking down daily minutes of work, Mexicans spend 594 minutes, or 9.9 hours, doing paid or unpaid work each day.

The nation that works the least, according to the survey of 29 economies, is Belgium with a total of 427 minutes (7.1 hours) of work each day.

The OECD average was 277 minutes (4.6 hours) of paid work, and 207 minutes (3.45 hours) of unpaid work each day.

How much some other major economies worked: China (8.4 hours of paid and unpaid work), The U.S. (8.3 hours), India (8.1 hours), Australia (8 hours), the UK (7.8 hours), France (7.5 hours) and Germany (7.4 hours).

In total minutes of paid work only, Japan worked the most with 6.3 hours on average each day. Denmark worked the least paid time (3.75 hours).

Mexico had the highest average of unpaid work (4.2 hours) and Korea the least (1.3 hours).

French spent the most unpaid time doing shopping each day (32 minutes) while Koreans did the least (13 minutes).
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  • blenderman69
    blenderman69 philly Posts: 2,104
    i work 7am to 630pm every day with no break/lunch and i usually do at least 30 minuts around the house at night..so that's 720 minutes or twelve hours a day :o
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    blenderman69 wrote:
    i work 7am to 630pm every day with no break/lunch and i usually do at least 30 minuts around the house at night..so that's 720 minutes or twelve hours a day :o
    :wave:

    thats like JB ... he's working here beside me right now :lol:

    and its Sunday! :shock:
  • blenderman69
    blenderman69 philly Posts: 2,104
    pandora wrote:
    blenderman69 wrote:
    i work 7am to 630pm every day with no break/lunch and i usually do at least 30 minuts around the house at night..so that's 720 minutes or twelve hours a day :o
    :wave:

    thats like JB ... he's working here beside me right now :lol:

    and its Sunday! :shock:
    jb is a great man...i'll be doing the food shoping and all the cooking today..and being mrs. blenderman's bitch :mrgreen:
  • Chip McFlennigan
    Chip McFlennigan Posts: 1,162
    I'm in the middle of a 24-hour shift. The longest I've worked is a 62-hour.

    Your puny 12- and 16-hour shifts can lick mah ballz.
    I knew it all along, see?
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    blenderman69 wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    blenderman69 wrote:
    i work 7am to 630pm every day with no break/lunch and i usually do at least 30 minuts around the house at night..so that's 720 minutes or twelve hours a day :o
    :wave:

    thats like JB ... he's working here beside me right now :lol:

    and its Sunday! :shock:
    jb is a great man...i'll be doing the food shoping and all the cooking today..and being mrs. blenderman's bitch :mrgreen:
    :clap: wonderful husband you are! :clap:
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    johnny america wrote:
    I'm in the middle of a 24-hour shift. The longest I've worked is a 62-hour.

    Your puny 12- and 16-hour shifts can lick mah ballz.
    wow 62 hours! :shock: :clap:
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    blenderman69 wrote:
    i work 7am to 630pm every day with no break/lunch and i usually do at least 30 minuts around the house at night..so that's 720 minutes or twelve hours a day :o
    johnny america wrote:
    I'm in the middle of a 24-hour shift. The longest I've worked is a 62-hour.

    Your puny 12- and 16-hour shifts can lick mah ballz.

    Work hours like these are against labor laws, and nothing to brag about, sorry. The human body needs a break, and you're only hurting yourself pushing yourselves to great lengths to "get the job done". The OP's article, IMO, shows how much we're frazzled as a whole, and that we just plain work TOO much.
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    Jeanwah wrote:
    blenderman69 wrote:
    i work 7am to 630pm every day with no break/lunch and i usually do at least 30 minuts around the house at night..so that's 720 minutes or twelve hours a day :o
    johnny america wrote:
    I'm in the middle of a 24-hour shift. The longest I've worked is a 62-hour.

    Your puny 12- and 16-hour shifts can lick mah ballz.

    Work hours like these are against labor laws, and nothing to brag about, sorry. The human body needs a break, and you're only hurting yourself pushing yourselves to great lengths to "get the job done". The OP's article, IMO, shows how much we're frazzled as a whole, and that we just plain work TOO much.
    no labor laws for entrepreneurs :(

    I think JA might be a firefighter... that would be my guess
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    pandora wrote:
    Jeanwah wrote:
    blenderman69 wrote:
    i work 7am to 630pm every day with no break/lunch and i usually do at least 30 minuts around the house at night..so that's 720 minutes or twelve hours a day :o
    johnny america wrote:
    I'm in the middle of a 24-hour shift. The longest I've worked is a 62-hour.

    Your puny 12- and 16-hour shifts can lick mah ballz.

    Work hours like these are against labor laws, and nothing to brag about, sorry. The human body needs a break, and you're only hurting yourself pushing yourselves to great lengths to "get the job done". The OP's article, IMO, shows how much we're frazzled as a whole, and that we just plain work TOO much.
    no labor laws for entrepreneurs :(

    I think JA might be a firefighter... that would be my guess

    True, entrepreneurs have to do whatever than can to keep the business going.
    And firefighters may work 24 hour shifts but they get a lot of down time on the job.
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    I am on 72 hour weeks right now.

    I saw a news story about a Japanese man that committed suicide because he averaged 55 hours a week for like four months and they said he was overworked and stressed. 55 hours a week? That would be like a vacation.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    unsung wrote:
    I am on 72 hour weeks right now.

    I saw a news story about a Japanese man that committed suicide because he averaged 55 hours a week for like four months and they said he was overworked and stressed. 55 hours a week? That would be like a vacation.


    I would be miserable doing 55 hours a week.
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  • pinkbutterfly
    pinkbutterfly Posts: 1,391
    My husband drives for a living. The poor guy works like a dog. He leaves the house at 6:45 in the morning, takes no lunch and sometimes comes home as late as 9:00pm. That includes an hour+ commute each way. I really appreciate all he does for us.
    My last message to you ~

    You're right. You are a monster! You are sick! Get help!

    At least, I am not a fuck-up! A lying fuck-up!
  • usamamasan1
    usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    pandora wrote:
    I think JA might be a firefighter... that would be my guess
    yep, probably
  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    Do I include the time spent on this forum as "working"? I am at work after all.

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