On average, people in Germany want to work shorter and shorter hours, as figures from the German Institute for Economic Research show.
A 38-hour week is apparently no longer attractive for many people in Germany.
Many employees in this country would even give up part of their salary for more free time.
The desired working time is now only 32.8 hours per week, as the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
(FAS) reported, citing figures from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW).
According to this, men of all age groups want to work shorter and shorter hours, as do women up to 59. An exception is women over 60 years of age: they want to work an average of 26.3 hours a week – this value is close to the record high, according to a report on NTV
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for classification.
Record low: desired working time is 32.8 hours per week
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The desired working hours have been reduced on average.
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At 32.8 hours, however, the desired working time has reached a record low.
Ten years earlier, the preferred working time was 34.4 hours per week.
The DIW figures now mentioned refer to the latest available year 2020. They come from the socio-economic panel, for which around 30,000 people are currently surveyed each year.
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Part-time work seems to be more and more in demand, even among men.
Other countries are also experimenting with the four-day week, including Ireland, Iceland, Belgium and Australia.
Some German companies are also testing similar variants.
What may sound like wishful thinking for many employees has become reality for a few thousand employees in Great Britain – initially for six months.
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