NEW research published this week shows that that almost 75 per cent of Irish professionals work longer than their contracted hours, with about 1 in 5 working a full extra three months a year.
This is according to research conducted in February 2016 among over 2,700 employees of Irish multinational recruiting consultancy, Morgan McKinley and their Irish clients across a variety of professional sectors including accounting and finance, financial services, technology, engineering, science and office support
60 per cent of the respondents hold middle management, senior management or senior leadership roles (in total, 10 per cent hold leadership roles e.g., CEO, CFO or similar functions, etc). 40 per cent of the respondents hold executive level and entry level roles.
The research shows that 62 per cent of employees felt obligated to work longer than their contracted hours. Almost one-fifth worked an extra three months a year, i.e. 10 hours extra per week.
More than 4 of every 5 professionals said they were not compensated for working over their contracted hours and nearly half (48 per cent) of professionals believed flexible working arrangements would make their working lives easier.
