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Scottish managers still working long hours Print E-mail
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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