Why Is Germany So Successful in Spite of Least Working Hours?

德国人工作时间那么短，为什么还能这么成功?

获得161好评的回答@Raul Castro：

Let me mention a couple of factors:

让我提几点因素：

About people:

关于人：

There’s the official possibility to work in flexible schedule.

他们很可能工作时间灵活。

Germans work at their workplace. Nothing else. No (much) time to coffee-corner chat, or corridor-rumours.

德国人在工作地点工作，别无其他。没有时间到咖啡角闲聊或者到走廊聊八卦。

Germans love their privacy. Once out of the workplace, their life is theirs.

德国人注重隐私，一踏出办公区，他们的生活就只属于他们。

No night or weekend calls.

晚上和周末是不会有工作电话的。

About organizations:

关于组织：

A schedule, once arranged, is a holy thing.

一份时刻表一旦被安排就是一件神圣的事。

Because of the previous point, arranged schedules always make sense.

由于上一点，安排的时刻表常能起作用。

Working extra hours is not a proof of commitment, but a proof of inefficiency.

加班并不能证明你负责反而证明你效率低。

About quality:

关于质量：

Outstanding quality in their products (of any kind) is the main proud of any German.

卓越的产品品质(任何一项产品)是每个德国人最大的骄傲。

“Genau” (exact, exactly, precise, precisely) is one of the preferred words

“精确”是他们最喜欢的词汇。

获得112好评的回答@Søren Pommer：

It’s in their culture to focus on quality and being effective

他们的文化注重质量和高效。

They have good schools and vocational training - for everyone.

他们拥有优质的学校以及职业培训，针对所有人。

They involve their workers.

他们让工人参与到企业决策当中来。

They have a lot of machinery.

他们拥有大量的机器设施。

They get their rest and their holidays - yes, breaks and working hours will matter some.

他们拥有休闲时间以及假期。是的，休息和工作时间一样重要。