If I sawthatsix-dayworkwaswearingmedown, I wouldnotdoit.
I prioritizemymentalhealth, notmoney.
JournalistAntheKarasavajoinsusfromAthens.
WelcometoDW.
Onpaper, Greece's economicgrowthissound.
It's abovetheEurozoneaverage.
Sohowisthegovernmentjustifyingthismove?
Well, actually, thisissomewhatof a paradox, becausecompaniesacrosstheglobeareactuallytoyingwiththeideaofactuallylimitingandshorteningworkhoursandworkingweeks.
Butthegovernmentheresaysthatit's introducingthisnewlaborschemeof a 48-hourworkingweektoboostproductivity, asitcallsit, andthisbecause, A, becauseofGreece's shrinkingpopulationandailing, woefullybaddemographics, and B, becauseof a severeshortageinskilledworkers.
Greecehasbeenfacing a terribledeclineinitsdemographics.
Theprimeministerhascalledit a tickingtimebomb, infact.
Andwhathassimplyexacerbatedthesituationinrecentyearshasbeen a massiveflight, around 500,000 skilled, young, well-educatedGreekswhofledthecountryattheheightof a financialcrisishere, a decade-longcrisis.