How hard do we work?

Source-Ladders- Think youre working less than peasants did way back in the medieval ages? Although jobs have changed significantly since then chances are youre probably wrong. Research from Juliet Schor currently a Professor of Sociology at Boston College from her text The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure shows this isnt the case. The average American worker in 1987 was working about 1949 hours annually while an adult male peasant in 13th-century U.K. racked up approximately 1620 yearly. Schor provides details in the text about how working hours have changed over centuries and why. You might be thinking thats nice and all but it isnt the 80s anymore how are we doing in the 21st century?" Well the average American employee now reportedly works slightly less at 1811 hours annually based on information from a Pew analysis of 2015 Labor Department data the most recent data available.