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((7 * 24) - 130) / 7 = 5.43, actually. I suppose it's possible, although if I were to seriously contemplate such a thing, I'd want a supply of modafinil or amphetamines laid in...


It is possible. I did it in college for a week. Couple of days is easy, but after six days you feel that is messing with your system. Like another comment mentioned it was a once in a lifetime kind of thing. I don't recommend it to anybody.


Now assuming that she commutes, takes showers, eats, bathroom breaks, then that means that she was sleeping even less than that.


Only Americans believe that 130 hours in the office constitutes a 130 hour working week. Which is why the French work 35 hours a week, yet Airbus is as productive as Boeing.


French don't work 35 hours a week, we work much more than that. Only basic employees do that. I probably have around a 50 hours work week.


But then you have extra vacation days...


You mean as outsourced as Boeing?




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