Long has it been thought that the French are much happier on extended lunch breaks and lengthy holidays than with busy careers, but one recent study confirms such suspicions.
More French people than ever are saying they can’t be bothered to work, or even go out of the house.
The study from the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop) claimed that France is stuck in a ‘laziness epidemic’ after Covid-19, with 37 per cent of people saying they are less motivated to work than before.
The level of Gallic apathy has shot up in large part due to working from home, with Covid-era policies causing a labour shortage in hospitality, teaching and nursing.
France’s furlough scheme, one of the most generous in Europe, saw far more people take up furlough than in the UK — in a sign that new habits sometimes die harder than old ones.
The policies caused a ‘exhaustion and laziness epidemic when a part of the French want to slow down’, claimed the study, according to The Daily Telegraph.
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