Bangalore: Six day work weeks may soon be flushed out of the system, says staffing experts. They claim that such arrangements which do not necessarily promote work-life balance are keeping managerial level employees away from companies that operate six days a week, reports Namrata Singh of TNN.
As per the revelation made by Executive Access, which is an executive search firm, the number of candidates who seek for five-day work week has increased by a staggering 30 percent in the last five to seven years.
These trends are a clear indication of the demand for greater work-life balance among top management executives that cuts across industries. In the words of Ronesh Puri, MD, Executive Access, "Earlier, 15 percent of candidates would decline to work for a company that offers them a six-day work week. Today, that percentage has increased to 30-40 percent," reports the Economic Times. He further added that, "Candidates do not mind working longer hours from Monday to Friday, but they don't like being called to work on weekends. And bosses who ask employees to work on weekends usually see higher attrition."
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