Experienced the same thing in Austria: I'm from the most western part, which mostly has alemannic and rhaeto-romance influence and the work ethic is "german". You have Sitzfleisch, I go to work/university at 7am and after maybe 5-10mins of relaxing, I get start working/studying. I take a break at midday and a short one in the afternoon and leave around 5.30/6pm
People at the very eastern end of Austria, like Vienna, are far less "German". Their work ethic is much more relaxed, and like user wirrbel pointed out, they stay late to work, simply because they start later and get less work done in the same amount of time.
People at the very eastern end of Austria, like Vienna, are far less "German". Their work ethic is much more relaxed, and like user wirrbel pointed out, they stay late to work, simply because they start later and get less work done in the same amount of time.