Unpaid overtime in Spain

[oargueso]

Believe it or not, people do overtime in Spain and do not get paid for it! What is worse, there is an statistic showing the exact number of hour an average Spanish worker does each quarter: 200, which means more than 3 hours per day. Since the data can be broken down by gender and occupation, I want to visualize that. I have not a clear idea of how to do it, maybe a line chart? Maybe something like the one below from El País? Feedback VERY, VERY WELCOME!

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[barjacks]

Really nice dataset. And depending on the various professions there seem to be very different peaks. I'd plot it out on a timeline to see the changes. Then focus on the professions with the largest changes over time. And maybe do a gender comparison as well.

[skkandrach]

I really like this idea! There are so many things you can explore with this data set. I like your idea of beginning with the military and then expanding from there. I think a line chart or even a scatter plot (with two different colored plots for gender) would work to help visualize the data. It'd be interesting if you (at some point) could create a predictive visualization of what it SHOULD look like and compare it to what the reality is. I look forward to seeing the outcome!

[mercybenzaquen]

I really like the idea! I think focusing on the military (since you already saw some interesting patterns) is a good idea. I would agree with Barney that having a line chart would be the best way of representing the data. I guess that if you find interesting info you could also expand the project and make some comparisons with the U.S to make the story more appealing for U.S readers?

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