India Is The Hardest Working Country, 69% Say They Are Happy With Working Five-Days A Week

Source: https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-is-the-hardest-working-country-69-say-they-are-happy-with-working-five-days-a-week-352899.html

In this rat race, as employment opportunities are going down, perhaps survival rates are going up. A recent survey revealed that India doesn’t shy away from going the extra mile as it emerges to be the hardest working country in the world.

69 percent of Indians said that they would work five days a week even if they had the option of working fewer days a week for the same pay, reported PTI.

In the second place, 43 per cent of workers in Mexico were ready to buy the five-day week deal followed by 27 per cent workforce in the United States. The culture study survey was carried out by US-based multinational workforce management firm Kronos Incorporated.  

With a sample size of 2,772 employees, Future Workplace on behalf of Kronos Incorporated conducted the survey research between July 31, 2018, and August 09, 2018. Full-time and part-time employees living in  Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Mexico, the UK, and the US were surveyed for this study.The study also revealed that 16 per cent of the people in United Kingdom, 17 per cent in France and 19 per cent in Australia are least content with the usual five-day week working standard.

One-Third Employees Will Take A Pay Cut To Work One Day Less In A Week

35 per cent of the employees in the survey said that they were ready to take a 20 percent pay cut to work one day less per week. However, the number varied in each country. 

For instance, Mexico which has the second highest number of people who were happy with the five-day week arrangement also showed that 50 per cent of the country’s workers would take the 20 per cent pay cut arrangement followed by 43 per cent in India and 42 per cent in France.

However, 29 per cent in Canada and 24 per cent in the U.S agreed to take on this measure. 75 per cent of the employees said that they have enough time in the workday to finish their major tasks, whereas 37 per cent work more than 40 hours each week and 71 per cent claim work interferes with their personal lives.

On the contrary, 49 per cent clock more than 40 hours each week, followed by 44 per cent in India, 40 per cent in Mexico and 38 per cent in Germany.

Executive Director of The Workforce Institute at Kronos, Joyce Maroney told PTI, "It's clear that employees want to work and do well by their employers, and many roles require people to be present or on call during specific hours to get the job done such as teachers, nurses, retail associates, plant workers, delivery drivers, and nearly all customer-facing roles."

Maroney further said that organizations should help to eliminate inefficiencies and distractions at work so that work quality isn’t compromised. This way, relationships can be strengthened and developed to create scheduling options, including the four-day work week standard.