9 out of 10 workplace staff “agree with the 4-day work week”

Saramin survey, 86.7% of workplace staff are ‘optimistic’ concerning the 4-day work week… 60.6% will do ‘it’ even when their wage decreases

Maeil Ilbo = Narrator Kim Hye-na | It was discovered that 9 out of 10 workplace staff assume positively concerning the 4 day working week.

On the twenty seventh, Saramin, a profession platform, surveyed 3,576 workplace staff about their views on the four-day work week, and 86.7% responded positively. By degree, greater than 80% of supervisor degree assistants (91.2%), supervisor degree (88.7%), workers degree (88%), and supervisor degree (82%) responded positively, however on the govt degree , 65.3% was decrease than different occupations.

The principle cause is that the four-day-a-week system is optimistic as a result of ‘the best to relaxation is assured and work-life stability (work-life stability) may be established’ (80.3%, a number of responses). Subsequent, △ ‘As a result of I believe work effectivity will enhance by way of reimbursing’ (64.8%) △ ‘As a result of I believe it will likely be useful in managing my well being’ (44.6%) △’ As a result of I count on extra home demand and financial progress resulting from elevated holidays’ (33%) △’ As a result of it is getting simpler to care for youngsters’ (28.5%) △’As a result of extra jobs are prone to be created’ (18.7%). Expectations for work-life stability have been excessive, and certainly, Saramin requested 1,828 grownup women and men in 2021 about their selection between work-life stability and wage, and 71.8% selected work-life stability, so sure work-life stability nonetheless exists. stress.

Amongst workplace staff who assume positively concerning the four-day work week, 60.6% responded that they might proceed with the four-day work week even when wages have been diminished. The typical price of wage discount suffered was calculated at 7.7%. Particularly, 5% to lower than 10% (41.4%), 1% to lower than 5% (33.8%), 10% to lower than 15% (15.9%), and 15% to lower than 20 % (6.2%) . And so forth.

However, those that responded negatively to the four-day working week (476 individuals) stated ‘as a result of wages can be reduce’ (52.5%, a number of responses) as the primary cause. They continued to say, ‘I believe the workload won’t lower and the depth of the work will solely enhance’ (48.1%), ‘I believe company competitiveness will decline and it’ll develop slower’ (36.1%), and ‘there’s a scenario. a terrific sense of poverty in some industries that can not be carried out’ (28.8) %), ‘I believe that my work ethic and productiveness will lower’ (22.7%), and ‘I believe that my productiveness will enhance my bills’ (17.6%).

So, what adjustments do workplace staff assume will occur in society as an entire if the four-day-a-week system is carried out? ‘Establishing a tradition of work-life stability’ (72%, a number of responses) in first place. They continued to say, ‘Effectivity-based work disclosure within the office’ (53%), ‘Leisure and leisure actions are revived and associated industries are creating’ (46.1%) , ‘Fixing the low delivery price by selling organic care. dad and mom’ (28.5%), ‘Aspect work’/Normal twin work’ (25.4%), ‘discount in firm dinners, firm occasions, and so forth.’ (22.6%), and ‘discount in unemployment by way of job creation’ (21.6%), indicating that they typically count on optimistic adjustments. However, there have been some who have been involved about some unfavorable results, corresponding to ‘a rise in earnings inequality resulting from a lower within the earnings of short-term every day staff’ (12.3%) and ‘progress financial slowdown resulting from worsening company competitiveness’ (9 %).

In the meantime, on this Saramin survey, 7 out of 10 respondents (64.7%) believed that the four-day workweek system would unfold in Korea sooner or later. Essentially the most cheap plan to introduce a four-day-a-week system is ‘designate two Mondays off every month’ (38.8%), ‘an unconditional day without work on the final Friday of every month’ (32% ), come to work after 1pm each month. Monday’ (9.4%), ‘Should you work greater than 80 hours earlier than the tip of the month, the final Friday is off’ (6.2%).

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