The feeling of working more is what a majority of executives denounce, according to a Viavoice survey for Ugict-CGT published on Monday. Nearly six in ten executives believe that their workload has increased since last year. This survey also shows that nearly half of executives are ready to demonstrate to defend their retirement.
Asked to say if they have “the feeling” that their workload has increased since the beginning of last year, 58% of the managers questioned answer yes (42% no), according to this barometer for the CGT of managers in partnership with Secafi.
Managers are also 46% to say that their working time has increased. 20% of them estimate their average weekly working time (including working time in transport, at home, etc.) at 49 hours or more per week (compared to 15% in 2021), 22% estimate it between 45 and 48 hours, 35% between 40 and 44 hours, and only 23% between 35 and 39 hours. They are also 54% to report working “frequently” on their days off.
A decline in purchasing power
For the CGT of the executives, these figures are to be related to the development of telework, the saving of transport time being “absorbed” by a workload in strong increase and less supervised working hours.
73% of executives also believe that their purchasing power has fallen in one year, with more than one in two executives judging that their remuneration is not in line with their actual working time (52%) and their workload (53%).
Asked to name their priorities, executives mentioned the balance between private and professional life (71%), salary (67%) and the content and meaning of their work (54%). The survey also shows that to defend their retirement, 48% of executives questioned say they are ready to demonstrate and 42% to strike.
Severe on managerial practices
Managers are also strict about their employer’s managerial practices: for 40% of them, they have “rather deteriorated” over the past year (for 16% “somewhat improved” and for 44% “no have not changed”). 68% do not feel associated with management’s strategic choices.
The survey was conducted online from August 23 to 31 with a sample of 1,000 people representative of the executive population, using the quota method.