South: TeamViewer report finds workers support six-hour working day

The End of Nine-to-Five, a report commissioned by TeamViewer, shows that UK workers are overwhelmingly turning their back on the standard nine-to-five office life in favour of introducing a six-hour working day.  Eleven million UK workers believe it would give them a better work-life balance, improve productivity and reduce stress.

The report also reveals that 79% of workers agree that work-life balance is more important than salary; that 82% agree that employees should be offered flexibility in how they work without it affecting their career; and that 72% agree that working flexibly would make them more effective because, as 68% agree, working nine-to-five makes them stressed.

The findings come after Sweden announced in 2015 that the country was moving to a six-hour day after trials revealed employees were happier, profits increased and employees stayed with companies longer.

Andreas Koenig, CEO of TeamViewer, commented: “Employees now have the technology to work flexibly but many businesses are still falling behind when it comes to meeting the needs of the modern workforce. If companies want to continue to motivate their teams and attract the top talent and fully support today’s workforce, they need to realise that they can no longer enforce policies that restrict remote and flexible working.”

The TeamViewer report is available for free download at https://pages.teamviewer.com/the-end-of-nine-to-five/