By Boris Dombrowski
Prices are skyrocketing, money is getting tighter. Nevertheless, more than half (52%) of Berlin employees would switch to part-time if their employer allowed it! And thus significantly more than the national average (48%).
This is shown by the representative, nationwide “HDI Professions Study 2022”, from which the BZ evaluated the Berlin figures. According to this, even three quarters (75%) of the employees in the capital (nationwide: 76%) would welcome the introduction of a four-day week in their company – but most only with full wage compensation!
But it is also a fact: “For Berliners, other advantages at work are so important that they would rather accept financial losses for a better quality of life with a four-day week,” says the study.
►In numbers: Every sixth (16%) resident of the capital would give up their salary for a four-day week – the highest nationwide! In Bremen, for example, not even one in ten (9%) would be willing to do so.
►Noticeable too: Not even every third (30%) Berliner expects a salary increase in the next twelve months. Fewer than in any other federal state! Example of Rhineland-Palatinate: Here almost half (49%) of the employees expect an increase in income.
►At the same time, only 33 percent of the people in the capital say that earning money in their current job plays the main role. Lowest value nationwide next to the Saarland! In Brandenburg, for example, almost half (45%) of those in employment are primarily concerned with money in their work.
► While more than half (56%) of Germans would now give up their job as soon as possible if they had sufficient financial cushions, in Berlin it is only 45 percent – again the lowest value nationwide!
► “The value of the quality of life also includes the support of mobile working by Berliners,” says the HDI study. Specifically: 52 percent of capital city residents find mobile offices to be particularly positive.
The study makes it clear: The employees in Berlin (and also nationwide) are clearly flirting with changed working models. “According to the results of our study, young professionals in Germany in particular are vehemently striving for more freedom at work,” emphasizes HDI Germany boss Christopher Lohmann.
“They want to have a say in where, when and how long they work,” he emphasizes and explains: “The Corona experiences have obviously promoted these attitudes a lot.”