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Here is some more recent data (from 2014): https://ourworldindata.org/working-hours

I'm glad I live and work in Norway where the average is between 1300 and 1500 hours a year.

42 hours in Switzerland is IMHO a lie. I’ve seen and experienced tech and pharma setting expectations so high that people have to work at least 50-60 hours.

Don't forget the commute either. Suddenly you're clocking in 12h days without even noticing.

Don't you have anything like the Working Time Directive? I know Switzerland is not an EU member but then neither is Norway but we adhere to it as part of the obligations that we have regarding access to the Single Market.

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