One in two Indian employees prefer telecommuting: Randstad survey

The survey had a finding that 40% of the respondents from India reported that they work more than 45 hours per week

One in two Indian employees prefer telecommuting. A survey by Randstad India said that 53% of the respondents from India said they prefer telecommuting, while 47% prefer to work from the office every day, reveals a recent survey on workplace flexibility by HR service provider Randstad.

Almost equivalent number of male (52%) and female (54%) respondents mentioned that they would prefer telecommuting and this preference was high among those aged 45 years and above.  

According to the survey, while 58% of the respondents are happy with their current work schedule, 36% would like to work more at a higher pay and a meagre 3% of the respondents are willing to work more at the same pay. The findings also revealed that 50% of the respondents prefer a standard hours workweek, whereas 37% would like to work variable hours every workday. 8% of the respondents also mentioned that they would prefer to work longer days and shorter weeks. The survey captured the views of around 7500 respondents from India. 

Looking at the number of hours which an employer works, it said that 40% of the respondents from India reported that they work more than 45 hours per week. The survey findings also reflected that 46% of men clock in more than 45 hours at work every week, whereas 32% of women do so. On an average, women work 35 hours and men 39 hours a week, as per the survey findings. 

"Today, an increasing number of organizations are viewing work as ‘something you do’, rather than ‘somewhere you go’ and there is a lot of focus to take work to the people as opposed to bringing the people to work. This will erase the border around organizations, thus broadly undefining the workplace and offering the much wanted freedom and empowerment to the workforce,"said Moorthy K Uppaluri, MD & CEO, Randstad India.