45.56% Prefer Flexible Working Hours

Most people are working traditional hours every day which become quite tiresome. Thus, many countries are adopting flexible work hours. Traditional vs flexible working hours have been adopted differently in various sectors. Moreover, some sectors like health and medicine direly need flexible working hours due to their schedule. To note, the working hours of any country could affect its economy.

Furthermore, Traditional vs flexible working hours have been a point of debate in the employment sector for a while now. Thus Real Research — the online survey app conducted a survey on traditional vs flexible working hours. Hence, it gathered public opinion on flexible working hours. In addition, it asked respondents about the benefits of flexible working hours and the drawback of flexible working hours.

Highlights

• 64.73% of the respondents are currently employed.
• 36.76% are currently following flexible work hours.
• 54.44% prefer traditional work hours over flexible work hours.

63.24% Are Currently Following Traditional Working Hours

To begin with the survey on traditional vs flexible working hours, the survey asks respondents about their current employment status. In answer, 64.73% said they are currently employed, leaving 35.27% who are currently unemployed.

Following this, the survey inquired about the type of working hours they follow. In response, 63.24% said they work according to traditional working hours and 36.76% said they work for flexible working hours.

In addition, the survey asks which type of working hours do respondents prefer? On this, 54.44% said they prefer traditional working hours while 45.56% said they prefer flexible working hours.

Respondents Debate Pros and Cons Both Working Hour Models

Moving on, the survey asked respondents what they think about the pros and cons of traditional working hours. The pros of traditional hours are: easier to keep track of the employees (44.71%) and the entire company will work on the same schedule (18.17%). Moreover, work is done on time (6.34%), easy to calculate overtime and benefits (5.85%), and work delays are minimized (3.29%).

Furthermore, respondents shared the cons of traditional working hours. Firstly, 36.40% say there is no room for adjustment on the work schedule. Likewise, 16.73% say personal tasks do not take importance, while 12.80% of employees feel caged and controlled. Lastly, 5.59% feel employees work in a boring environment.

Moving forward, the survey asked about the pros of flexible working hours. Taking the top spot is 39.21% who say one can work according to task demand. Adding on, 14.60% say no hours are wasted when work is slow. Likewise, 9.78% say one can prioritize personal tasks and 5.59% said easy commute during non-peak hours.

Next, the survey asked respondents about the cons of flexible working hours. On top is 32.74% who say no one can determine off-hours. In addition, 16.64% say employers expect employees to be available at all times. Lastly, 12.91% say benefits may vary and 7.47% say it does not match with traditional working hours.

46.12% State That All Must Accept Flexible Working Hours

Traditional vs flexible working hours has always been a debate, but some sectors need flexible hours more than others. The respondents voted for the sector that requires flexible working hours the most. In order, 36.73% chose Health and Medical and 19.12% said IT. Meanwhile, 9.34% said Finance and Banking while 6.72% said Entertainment. Lastly, 3.01% said News and Media.

In conclusion,  respondents reveal whether the world should allow flexible working hours. On this, 46.12% said ‘yes’ and 14% said ‘no, only some nations should practice it’. Also, 15.24% said ‘no, only some industries should allow it’.