{"id":7015,"date":"2016-04-14T14:04:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T12:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.margaritamayo.com\/2017\/12\/27\/dont-call-it-the-end-of-the-siesta-what-spains-new-work-hours-really-mean\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T11:05:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T10:05:17","slug":"dont-call-it-the-end-of-the-siesta-what-spains-new-work-hours-really-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.margaritamayo.com\/en\/dont-call-it-the-end-of-the-siesta-what-spains-new-work-hours-really-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Call It the \u201cEnd of the Siesta\u201d: What Spain\u2019s New Work Hours Really Mean"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7578″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]My article in HBR.org<\/p>\n

The international media has had a field day<\/a> covering<\/a> the Spanish prime minister\u2019s announcement<\/a>, in early April, that he wants to return Spain to GMT and bring the country\u2019s working hours and practices in line with the rest of Europe. Some newspapers in Britain<\/a> and the United States even went so far<\/a>\u00a0as to interpret Mariano Rajoy\u2019s comments as a pledge to do away with Spain\u2019s famous siesta.<\/p>\n

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