Originally Posted by
gregf83
I assume there are some that can afford it and I didn't say hordes just a higher number than coming from America.
On the original question, it's fine to work less but not an easy thing to do in a competitive world. Koreans aren't working 40 hr weeks.
I worked under a manager who whipped his department into a lean, mean fighting machine that awed the competition. Vacations were shunned, sick leave absolutely had to go through him directly, if you were authorized sick leave you were essentially on house arrest. He would call and you had better be home. I never took sick days and neither did anyone else I knew. When I left I had thousands of hours of unused sick leave and vacation. Only half the vacation time was given back. None of the sick time was. I can see you are still drinking that Kool-Aid. I hope it won't take a bad heart to open your eyes to the wisdom of a better work/life balance.