What 40-Hour Workweek?

If you feel like you’ve been working a lot lately, you’re not alone.

Businesspeople have settled into the 10-plus hour workday and the 41-plus hour workweek.

Seventy-seven percent of senior executives and managers work 41 to 60 hours a week, according to a worldwide survey conducted by NFI Research.

Twenty percent of business leaders work 11 hours or more a day.

“With so many people working a lot of hours, many need to make sure they save some time to think,” said Chuck Martin, CEO of NFI Research.

Forty percent of businesspeople work 10 or more hours a day. A small number (3 percent) work 30 hours or fewer.

All senior executives and managers working in large organizations (10,000 or more employees) work at least a nine hours a day. Nobody works eight or fewer hours.

Fifty-two percent of businesspeople work 51 hours or more a week.

Of business leaders who work outside the United States, a quarter of senior executives and managers work 40 or fewer hours, according to the survey of 139 people.

NFI Research surveys 2,000 senior executives and managers globally every two weeks.

Source: Talent Management