德國工作時間短，為何卻很成功?

Why Is Germany So Successful in Spite of Least Working Hours?

德國人工作時間那么短，為什么還能這么成功?

獲得161好評的回答@Raul Castro：

Let me mention a couple of factors:

讓我提幾點因素：

About people:

關于人：

There’s the official possibility to work in flexible schedule.

他們很可能工作時間靈活。

Germans work at their workplace. Nothing else. No (much) time to coffee-corner chat, or corridor-rumours.

德國人在工作地點工作，別無其他。沒有時間到咖啡角閑聊或者到走廊聊八卦。

Germans love their privacy. Once out of the workplace, their life is theirs.

德國人注重隱私，一踏出辦公區(qū)，他們的生活就只屬于他們。

No night or weekend calls.

晚上和周末是不會有工作電話的。

About organizations:

關于組織：

A schedule, once arranged, is a holy thing.

一份時刻表一旦被安排就是一件神圣的事。

Because of the previous point, arranged schedules always make sense.

由于上一點，安排的時刻表常能起作用。

Working extra hours is not a proof of commitment, but a proof of inefficiency.

加班并不能證明你負責反而證明你效率低。

About quality:

關于質量：

Outstanding quality in their products (of any kind) is the main proud of any German.

卓越的產(chǎn)品品質(任何一項產(chǎn)品)是每個德國人最大的驕傲。

“Genau” (exact, exactly, precise, precisely) is one of the preferred words

“精確”是他們最喜歡的詞匯。

獲得112好評的回答@Søren Pommer：

It’s in their culture to focus on quality and being effective

他們的文化注重質量和高效。

They have good schools and vocational training - for everyone.

他們擁有優(yōu)質的學校以及職業(yè)培訓，針對所有人。

They involve their workers.

他們讓工人參與到企業(yè)決策當中來。

They have a lot of machinery.

他們擁有大量的機器設施。

They get their rest and their holidays - yes, breaks and working hours will matter some.

他們擁有休閑時間以及假期。是的，休息和工作時間一樣重要。