Poles do not want a four-day working week – poll

Donald Tusk has announced one of his main election promises. The head of the PO (Civic Platform) said that, after his party wins the elections, Poland will take part in a pilot scheme introducing a four-day working week. What do Poles think about it?

According to a poll conducted by the Prawo.pl portal, Poles are not in favour of a shorter working week and would gladly stay with the current model - this is the opinion of 34.47% of respondents. Only 25.71% of Polish respondents would agree to shorten the working week from five to four days but on the condition of receiving the same remuneration and extending the workday, e.g. to 10 hours.

Only three years ago, almost 30% of Polish workers (29.7%t) were in favour of such an idea.

The four-day working week has the most supporters in Poland among those who are at the beginning of their career – 30% of 18-24 year-olds say they would prefer to work that way. At the same time, they are the group most willing to accept a pay cut in exchange for fewer working hours (6.89%).

Source: Business Insider