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Steelcase Survey: We Work Less on Weekends

The results were compared to a survey taken in 1997.

Mairi Beautyman -- Interior Design, 6/28/2005 12:00:00 AM

Global office furniture manufacturer Steelcase surveyed nearly 700 office workers in the United States, for the second of its three-part Workplace Index Survey on the Nature of Work in 2005. The study conducted by Opinion Research Corporation examines the length of a typical work week and suggests increased work load often adds up to weekend time.

The good news is only 56 percent of respondents work on the weekends, down from 73 percent in 1997. Though, the results actually indicate 37 percent of those polled enjoy working on weekends (38 percent said that it was an unwritten rule and 48 percent said increased workload determined the extra hours).

When it comes to men and woman, men appear to work more. A significantly higher percentage of men, 62 percent, work more than 40 hours a week, compared to only 39 percent of women. However, the same percentage (74 percent) of men and women work on the weekends.

When it comes to the 40 hour week, 49 percent of those surveyed work more--a slight decrease from 1997, when 53 percent of respondents put in longer hours.

"This information, combined with data mined from other research efforts, helps us to understand the way people are working in offices today. That understanding guides our product development process and our ability to create effective workplace solutions," says Chris Congdon, manager of corporate marketing for Steelcase.