Company: one in two officers regularly work overtime, often without pay or compensation

While former Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin pleaded last week for an increase in working hours, beyond 35 hours, to increase the state’s income, the study shows that executives “already under a heavy workload” and “can’t cope with it. “, reports Caroline Blanchot, general secretary of Ugict-CGT – which represents engineers, operators and technicians, to AFP.

“Officers start their week already late in emails, arriving at the weekend but also those they did not have time to process the previous week,” she continues.

In total, 30% of the executives surveyed estimate their working time per week at less than 40 hours, 38% between 40 and 44 hours, 21% between 45 and 48 hours, and 12% at 49 hours or more, detailing the study.

And there are still 48% in 2024 who sometimes work on their days off, compared to 56% in 2015.

Right to disconnect

Teleworking does not protect them from “excessive working hours“, according to 61% of respondents. Two-thirds of them want an effective right to disconnect (compared to 56% in 2016).

Increasingly, executives’ priorities are the balance between their private and professional lives (73% versus 68% in 2016), salary (63% versus 52%), and the content and meaning of their work (53%) , before career (15%).

A majority (52%) believe that their salary is inadequate with their actual working time, compared to 46% who consider it adequate. Opinions are divided regarding their workload and involvement.