No. 110/2019

Working hours very positive by comparison very negative by comparison 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 India Nigeria People’s Republic of China Mean Value Japan USA Italy Brazil Spain Russian Federation Poland United Kingdom Australia Argentina Scandinavia France 7,1 7,6 8,9 8,6 7,8 6,5 7,3 5,9 5,9 6,8 7,3 7,3 7,5 6,7 7,0 8,0 18 HUMBOLDT KOSMOS 110/2019 Based on your experiences, how would you rate the following aspects of Germany as a research location compared with your home country? Careers and workload: A question of perspective. The answers to this question differ enormously depending on the country of comparison. Japanese and American researchers think working hours are better than at home. French and British research- ers consider professional opportunities to be worse here whilst their Chinese and Italian colleagues think they are better. All in all, Germany largely performs favoura- bly, although there is room for improve- ment in comparison with certain countries.