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点击复制Americans suffer from an overdose of work
美国人饱受工作过量之苦
Regardless of who they are or what they do
不论身份或职业
Americans spend more time at work than at any time since World War II
美国人花在工作上的时间比第二次世界大战以来的任何时候都多
In 1950
在1950年
The US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country
美国的工作时间比其他工业化国家都少
Today
今天
It exceeds every country but Japan
如今，工作时间仅次于日本，高居世界第二
Where industrial employees log 2155 hours a year
这里的产业员工一年工作2155个小时
Compared with 1951 in the US
相较之下，美国1951年
And 1603 in the former West Germany
还有1603年的前西德
Between 1969 and 1989
1969年到1989年之间
Employed Americans added an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules
美国人的年工作时间平均增加138小时
The workweek has remained at about 40 hours
每周的工作时间保持在40小时左右
But people are working more weeks each year
但人们一年比一年多工作几周
Specifically pay-time-off holidays
特别是带薪休假
Vacations
假期
Sick leave shrank by 50 in the 1980s
病假在80年代锐减了五成
As corporations have experienced stiff competition and slower growth in productivity
公司经历了激烈的竞争和缓慢的生产率增长
They have pressed employees to work longer
他们迫使雇员延长工作时间