Have you ever looked at the clock and thought, ‘I need to just finish this one piece of work before I go home’? Or perhaps you’ve done some extra work in the evenings or at the weekend to make sure you stay on top of your in-tray?
Feeling like we don’t have enough hours in the day is a familiar story, but our latest research suggests that our national obsession with overwork has reached boiling point for UK parents. The Modern Families Index, published together with Bright Horizons, surveyed more than 2,700 parents.
We found that four in 10 parents working typical full-time hours are putting in extra hours, and that a third of those clocking up extra time on the job are actually working six days instead of five, every week. And the picture isn’t any better for part-time workers – a third of parents working 25 hours a week are actually working enough extra time to qualify as full-time workers.
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