French Workers Are the Biggest Whiners in the World
A Study of Workers in 23 Countries Says French Are the Whiniest
Despite the large amount of job dissatisfaction American workers experience, they ranked fourth on the list, with Britain and Sweden beating them in the whining category.
FDS chief Charlotte Cornish said of American workers, "Compare them to Thai workers: while real levels of income are more than eight times higher in the States, more workers in the US feel their pay is a problem than in Thailand."
The study found that beside the Irish, workers in Thailand and the Netherlands also ranked the lowest on the whining scale.
FDS conducted its study using data from 14,000 workers based in 23 countries, researching specific variables such as pay levels and the average length of the work day, among other factors.
The study, entitled "What Workers Want, A Worldwide Study of Attitudes to Work and Work-Life Balance", also states that Dutch workers have the highest morale, with Japan and Germany suffering from extremely low morale. However, the study still gives the French workers the unfortunate title of being the world's biggest whiners, since the workers in Japan and Germany, despite having the lowest morale while on the job, tend not to complain about their jobs as much.
FDS chief Charlotte Cornish also said that job unhappiness amongst the French is unlikely to change anytime soon as a result of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the current movement toward Anglo-Saxon economic practices.
Job satisfaction is a big issue in much of the world, and can often affect people's lives in disastrous ways should stress and unhappiness on the job follow workers home. Numerous studies are being conducting regarding the workplace, finding more evidence that significant wedges are being driven between the average American worker and those who manage them.
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- American workers ranked fourth on the list.
- Workers in Thailand and the Netherlands also ranked the lowest on the whining scale.
- FDS conducted its study using data from 14,000 workers based in 23 countries
14 Comments
Post a CommentRe: Dr. D's comment, maybe happy people like to whine?
lol whiners....among other things.
Interesting and amusing story. It is rather puzzling that the French are the biggest whiners at work, even though they have legally-mandated work weeks of only 35 hours, as well as tremendously long paid vacations! Maybe a lot of French workers have been pampered by these government entitlements and left with even less realistic expectations about the workplace than they might have had before.
"American workers experience, they ranked fourth on the list, with Britain and Sweden beating them in the whining category." Objection! I can see France, the US, and Britain being high on the list... but Sweden? Me thinkjs something went askew here. Sweden was very highly ranked on the Happiest Citizens list.
hmmm...I wonder if all those people on that forum are French? hahahahah
They aren't much better soldiers! I don't think they've done anything helpful since giving us a hand in the Revolutionary War.
:-) Ahh I am French.. lol But I do not whine :-)
It is funny, when I lived in Paris I swear someone was on strike all the time, complaining about something. In all the places I have been I never saw so many people unhappy with their work.I was a kid and even as a kid I was just astonished by how often some service or other was not working from strikes and holidays. Interesting article.
I must be part French. I whine all the time. :)
Great read!