If paystayed constant, 34 percent of respondents say their ideal workweek would be four days long, while 20 percent voted for three.(Photo: Shutterstock)
In a survey of employees in eight different countries, the vastmajority—78 percent—say that if they could do their work withoutbeing interrupted, they could get everythingdone in less than seven hours a day. In fact, 45 percent say theycould do it all in less than five hours a day.
Still, according to the survey from The WorkforceInstitute at Kronos Incorporated, 71 percent say that work isinterfering with their personal lives. And in the kickoff to a seriesby The Workforce Institute at Kronos and Future Workplace on howemployees view their relationship with work, the first part—“TheCase for a 4-Day Workweek”—explores how employees spend their timewhile on the clock and whether the standard 40-hour workweek is really the mosteffective.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
