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Scottish managers still working long hours |
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
The average Scottish manager works an extra 40 days a year over their contract every year, according to figures released today by the Chartered Management Institute.
Ninety per cent of managers work over their contracted hours, a fall of
just 1 per cent since 2000. Forty-two per cent work excess hours by
choice, to meet deadlines or because of the volume of work they face
Forty four per cent in Scotland said that the UK's long hours culture
damages their productivity and 39 per cent argue that working
excessively affects morale.
Sixty three per cent said that working over contracted hours limited
exercise time and 32 per cent claimed that extra hours were preventing
them from developing skills.
The statistics come from a Quality of Working Life report issued in support of the TUC's 'Work Your Proper Hours' campaign.
Jo Causon, director of marketing and corporate affairs at the Chartered
Management Institute, said: "Many organisations focus on the cost of
absence to their organisations, yet are not addressing the root causes
of absenteeism. Surely, in today’s results-driven environment, output
is more important than input, so two questions need to be answered; why
are employers ignoring the impact of long hours on the health and
performance of their employees and what responsibility are employees
taking for how they manage themselves?"
"The perpetual cycle of taking out costs in recent years has meant that
most organisations are driven to use their assets – particularly their
people – more intensively. Yet it is clearly having a negative effect
and will create longer-term problems for organisations unless the UK’s
long hours culture is kept in check."
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