New Survey Shows Workers Do NOT Want a Shorter Work Week
02 June 2022, Two women in open plan office at Dell (Photo by Heiko Rebsch/picture alliance via Getty Images)
In a recent report, most people surveyed said that they preferred a 4-day work week over the standard 5 or even 6 day work week.
Well, apparently there is a new survey that you might think only includes business owners and bosses. Respondents overwhelmingly said they don’t want the traditional five-day workweek replaced by one that’s a day shorter at four days.
This news comes after we reported the success of four-day work weeks from all over the world. In a post back in February, we shared that employees were happier, and their employers were happy that productivity in many cases increased. It also noted that of “the 61 companies who participated in the trial conducted in the United Kingdom only three didn’t continue with the 4-day work week, and it had to do mainly with things like not being able to accomplish the work reorganization.”
So why in the name of all things good and beautiful would anyone prefer working more hours and more days?
Evidentially, this fancy new survey of 1,000 people commissioned by Forbes showed that just 12% of those workers between 18 and 25 wanted a four-day workweek, 19% of those between the ages of 26 and 41 felt the same way, as did 24% of those aged 42 to 57, and 32% of those aged 58 to 76.
However, this doesn’t mean those polled don’t care about work-life balance: 51% of employees said it was vital to a company’s culture, as did 47% of the employers who took part in the poll.
The survey, which did a deep dive into what benefits employees find most important, also noted that 32% said seeking a higher salary was an important reason to consider finding a new job, 22% of employers think employees quit because they’ve hit a wall with advancement at their current one. Twenty percent of employers said workers quit over inflexible working arrangements, the survey said, and 45% say health benefits are a must.
While it looked like we may have a 4-day work week in New Jersey, sadly, this new information may prevent that from happening.
‘Mental Health During The Pandemic Was Minimal’: Twitter Reacts
The COVID-19 pandemic has had major social and economic impacts. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health has been widely affected. “Plenty of us became more anxious; but for some COVID-19 has sparked or amplified much more serious mental health problems,” said WHO. “A great number of people have reported psychological distress and symptoms of depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress.”
Recently, the BBC reported on a study that said the damage to people’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic was “minimal.” Of course, people took to Twitter to share their true thoughts on the study BBC reported.
The study was done by Canadian researchers from institutions including the McGill, Ottawa, and Toronto universities, and published on March 8 in The BMJ. A peer-reviewed medical journal. This study found that “changes in general mental health, anxiety symptoms, and depression symptoms,” due to the pandemic have been “minimal to small.”
Twitter reacts to “damage to people’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic was ‘minimal.'”
After the BBC shared its report on the study on Twitter, their account was flooded with responses from people who disagreed with the study’s conclusion. A lot of the tweets had examples of what people did during the pandemic that would debunk the study. It was noted along with the tweet that the review “was lacking in data for many vulnerable groups, and that the findings in it can’t necessarily be applied to everyone.” The tweet has more than 122.6 million views and over 47.8 thousand quote responses.
One user quoted the i stayed up for 40 hours straight bc i thought 1d was getting back together on july 23rd 2020 https://t.co/RtVyF1UgFL
— banana dicklace 🌷 (@halosrose) March 12, 2023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1634852539987271680%7Ctwgr%5E9ba49610177a067cea84084177b1118f380407df%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Fpeople-tweet-unhinged-things-covid-pandemic-mental-health-2023-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet saying, “i stayed up for 40 hours straight bc i thought 1d was getting back together on july 23rd 2020.” Another Twitter user said that they “had a birthday party for the dishwasher.” Their Had a birthday party for the dishwasher https://t.co/FX6Qp3clEB pic.twitter.com/ahri7GTRM7
— Evie Ebert (@ohevie) March 11, 2023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1634643040873721856%7Ctwgr%5E9ba49610177a067cea84084177b1118f380407df%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Fpeople-tweet-unhinged-things-covid-pandemic-mental-health-2023-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet showed her and a child sitting in front of the kitchen appliance while holding a birthday cake with a zero candle.
See how Twitter reacted to BBC News’ recent study below.
Joel Katz is the Morning Show Personality, Assistant Program Director, Podcast Host, Voiceover artist, audio producer, and Digital Content Writer for Magic 98.3. Joel has been working in New Jersey radio since college and started at Magic in 2002 as the Morning Show Host, “I can’t think of another place where I’d fit more perfectly; it’s just a great company with awesome people.” Joel is married to Kathleen, his elementary school sweetheart (they were each other’s first dates at age 9), shares a birthday with his oldest son, Ty, and has twins, Kiera and Liam. Joel runs at least 3.1 miles every day and enjoys playing basketball, doing laundry, saving his turn signal for when he really needs it, kissing dogs through a fence, using coasters, making that cool noise by rubbing his fingers on balloons, and chasing after ping pong balls on a windy cruise ship.
