My CTO in BT had worked both in the UK and in SV and he commented that he got exactly the same amount of work out of people in both places. He commented that i

My CTO in BT had worked both in the UK and in SV and he commented that he got exactly the same amount of work out of people in both places. He commented that in the USA hs staff spent far more time gossiping around the water cooler and taking unofficial long weekends to go skiing etc And BT has more holiday than the average in the UK - from the civil service days.