Quora精選：德國工作時間短，爲何卻很成功?
Why Is Germany So Successful in Spite of Least Working Hours?
德國人工作時間那麼短，爲什麼還能這麼成功?
各國的平均年工時：
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:
關於人：
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。沒有時間到咖啡角閒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，他們的生活就只屬於他們。
No night or weekend calls.
晚上和週末是不會有工作電話的。
About organizations:
關於組織：
A schedule, once arranged, is a holy thing.
一份時刻表一旦被安排就是一件神聖的事。
Because of the previous point, arranged schedules always make sense.
由於上一點，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.
加班並不能證明你負責反而證明你效率低。
About quality:
關於質量：
Outstanding quality in their products (of any kind) is the main proud of any German.
卓越的產品品質（任何一項產品）是每個德國人最大的驕傲。
“Genau” (exact, exactly, precise, precisely) is one of the preferred words
“精確”是他們最喜歡的詞彙。
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.
他們擁有優質的學校以及職業培訓，針對所有人。
They involve their workers.
他們讓工人蔘與到企業決策當中來。
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.
他們擁有休閒時間以及假期。是的，休息和工作時間一樣重要。
（翻譯：蘇梨）
