Paying the piper
A new global study by staffing giant Robert Half International has found that worldwide, financial professionals are working more hours per week than they were just two years ago.
The amount of time put in per week varies by country. In the United States, financial professionals work an average of 40.9 hours per week, more than the French, but less than their more industrious counterparts in Germany, Italy and Japan.
The survey found that 45 percent of American respondents said they worked more now than two years ago. Of those, 66 percent said they work five to 15 additional hours per week.
Close to 40 percent of Americans bring their laptops or PDA's on vacation, compared to only 16 percent in Ireland. American workers are also more apt to work weekends, with only 32 percent of respondents saying they never worked weekends, compared to 65 percent in Spain and 51 percent in New Zealand.
The three most popular reasons for taking on an increased workload were taking on more responsibility, company growth and understaffing.
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