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If you're trying to claim that German companies "own" their workers or demand they work more hours than US companies do, you are sadly mistaken.

According to OECD statistics the average US worker works over 400 hours a year more than the Average German worker. That's 10 full 40-hour work weeks.

If you were referencing Japan, the Japanese work about 50 hours a year more than the US worker, or about 1 hour extra a week. Not a huuuge difference. It's also interesting that while the trend in Europe is for people to work less hours, the opposite is true in the US.