According to UK researches from the IT Job Board, 35% of techies are working more than 48 hours per week, 7.3% claim between 60 to 75 hours and 3.8% stated that they work in excess of 75 hours. Comparing these numbers with the last year survey (33%, 4.8% and 2.4% respectively) we see that IT pros are working more and more longer hours.
As for the reasons IT professionals stated for working so much, here are the study’s findings:
32% of respondents cited that it was due to the high volumes of work,
9% advised they were paid overtime,
9.5% stated that it was “what the management expected”
Now, the first question that came up in my mind when I’ve seen that is: “do these people have a personal life?” It is OK to be dedicated to your job, and especially when you are an IT professional and you are working on Continue reading ‘IT Pros are working more and more longer hours’
There are substantial differences in working time between European countries, especially between the former European Union members and the new members, according to the report, “Working time developments – 2008” conducted every year by Eurofound.
Across the European Union, the longest working weeks are found in Romania (41.8 hours), the Czech Republic (41.7 hours) and Latvia (41.7 hours). At the opposite side, with the shortest working weeks are France (38.4 hours), Belgium (38.6 hours) and Ireland (38.9 hours).
Considering that the normal working week in these countries is 40 hours, it would be interesting to analyze the ovetime activity of employees that spend more time at the office.Is overtime justified? Do the employees use it for work related activities or not?
The study also analysis the number of days of agreed annual paid leave. Numbers shows that the annual paid leave varies considerably, from 33 days in Sweden to 20 days in Cyprus and Estonia. Among the countries with higher paid leave we also find Denmark and Germany with 30 days, while among the countries with the lower paid leave we find Slovakia with 21.2 days and Romania with 21 days.
According to Business Week, companies pay out more than $1 billion per year to settle “wage and hour” lawsuits—typically violations of overtime. Of course, from the point of view of the employee every hour spent over working time should be rewarded. But is this overtime justified? Is the employee productive during overtime?
One of the reports we have implemented in Cyclope, our productivity tool, shows exactly how much time an employee has spent at the office over working hours during a period of time (a day, a week, a month, etc) and what were the applications the employee has used during this time.
Below you can see screeshots of the “Overtime Report”. Click on them to take a detailed look of the report from the online demo.
There are substantial differences in working time between European countries, especially between the former European Union members and the new members, according to the report, “Working time developments – 2008” conducted every year by 
Recent Comments