Why do people work for so many hours? Some people work for extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don’t pay extra money, which means their workers don’t get more pay for more work. The boss think it’s workers’ duty to work for more hours. Workers are afraid of losing their jobs if they don’t work for more hours.
It is reported that French spend about 1,646 hours a year at work, but Japanese work for about 2,159 hours a year. Many people say that they are working for too many hours. They don’t have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.
Many people think that their vacations are too short. In China, people get about three weeks of paid vacation a year. One research shows fewer than half of workers use all their vacation days. There is a saying in England, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.