When it comes to vacation days, workers in the United States get a pretty raw deal compared to everyone else. If that wasn't bad enough, they also have to work more nights and weekends than people in other developed nations.
Working hours have gradually increased since the 1970s and today, it would be fair to call the United States a nation of workaholics. A Gallup poll recently suggested a standard 40-hour week now lasts 47 hours.
Unsurprisingly, lots of this extra working time is getting jammed into the weekend. Over a quarter of Americans work nights while nearly 30 percent work during the weekend. This is in stark contrast to somewhere like the Netherlands where just 7 percent of people work nights and 20 percent put in a shift during the weekend.
Why? Financial incentives offered by many companies for irregular working hours may be one reason. These days, many Americans have also taken on a second job and the evenings/weekends are the only times to get through that mountain of work.
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