Americans popularize “frenzy culture,” but it’s French executives who work the most compulsively, according to a new survey.

Nearly four in ten French business leaders admit to working long hours at any one time, without regular breaks, a figure well above the world average of 25%. and higher than rates in the United States, United Kingdom, and China, according to a survey by medical and health insurer Bupa Global. Of all the countries surveyed, French executives also indicated the highest level of anxiety regarding their individual performance. Concerns about their organization’s ability to cope with current economic instability, coupled with an aversion to working remotely compared to their global counterparts, are contributing to their workaholic tendencies, according to the survey authors.

“This combination of economic pressures External responsibility and a tendency to take responsibility for themselves can lead French executives to overwork themselves,” said Anthony Cabrelli, managing director of Bupa Global, which caters to expatriates, executives and other high-income individuals.

The findings may surprise some, given labor and lifestyle policies in France where most blue-collar and service employees work a 35-hour week, and summer vacation usually takes up most of August. In 2017, it became the first European country to implement a “right to sever relations” law.requiring organizations to prohibit emails, calls, or other distractions to the workplace after certain hours. Shift to remote work during the pandemic caused more countries to propose similar laws. For years, French labor law has prohibited anyone from eating lunch at their desk, although the law was suspended during the height of the pandemic.

Excessive working hours are more common among executives who go to the office full timecompared to those working remotely, according to the Bupa survey, which asked 2,439 high-income individuals in eight regions in August and September.