Employees logging longer weeks. Nearly half of all workers said the time they commit to work has increased in the past five years. Only 8 percent said their time commitment at work had decreased. The average workweek for full-time employees in the survey was 49.2 hours. Employees say they have a larger workload due to business demands such as staff changes and business growth.
Money beats time off.
Surprisingly, a greater percentage of people in higher income brackets said they would choose higher salaries over the time. Fast Company magazine. Raises getting bigger. Nearly a third expect their next raise to be bigger still. In fact, the percentage who believe their income will go up more than prices will in the next year was the highest since Gallup began asking the question in 1980.