- A new report by
Kronos Incorporated shows that 69% of of respondents feel that they would be ready to work five days instead of six at the same wage rate. - The survey also highlights how 44% of Indian employees clock more than 40 hours of work in a week.
- The comparison between statistics shows that Indians may be the hardest working people, but they are also the most
overworked .
The $4 also shows that one-third of the overall respondents 20% would take a pay cut if that meant having to work one day less every week. But in India, only 43% of respondents resonated with that feeling. One of the reasons for this disparity may be that 44% of Indian respondents clock more 40 hours each week, second only to the United States with 49%.
It was as recently as last week that a $4 called out Indian executives for not having a work-life balance. Comments ranged for it being a characteristic of ‘bad bosses’ to unrealistic expectations from employees.
On the other hand, there are companies like Amazon India with people in leadership that want their employees to have a work-life balance. Their Senior Vice President, Amit Agarwal, $4 that he wanted his employees to stop responding to work emails between the hours of 6pm to 8am.
As per the survey $4 by Arcadis, five of the biggest cities in India - Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi - are some of the worst in terms of work life balance. And EY’s $4 backs that up with 30% of Indian respondents stating maintaining the balance between work, family and personal responsibilities has gotten harder over the past 5 years.
While Indian employees may be the hardest working, research suggests that they are also over-worked. The demand-supply disparity of