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>> no one is willing to work more than their contract states

I mean that's a crazy oversimplification. I work at a British company where we work with Americans a lot and it's not uncommon for people to work late at night just to stay in contact(even I did some work at 11pm last night to speak with someone).

>>People don’t work outside of their work hours in Europe

I'm curious how many people from Europe have you actually met. Working outside of your hours "just to finish that one spreadsheet that the boss is prodding me for" is extremely common everywhere.