Re: American's time shortage

"RH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The following was copied from:
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> http://www.simpleliving.net/timeday/
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> American's are putting  in longer hours on the job now than we did in
> the 1950s...
>
> In fact, we're working more than medieval peasants did, and more than
> the citizens of any other industrial country.
>
> Mandatory overtime is at near record levels, in spite of a recession.

In spite of???  Anyone who has spent any amount of time really working for
a living, being paid hourly, knows that when the economy gets worse, the
overtime employers require *increases*. Why? When companies
lay people off , downsize, and institute hiring freezes, the work still has to be
done, and usually there are fewer people left to do it. Been there, done that.
You end up doing the work of several people, and are not paid any more for it.
The extra money is nice, but the tradeoff is that yes, you do have less time on
your hands.

Jack