Every third Pole admits that late for work – Virtual Poland

Poles en masse late to work. More than 33 per cent. workers said they did not appear at work on time – according to a study commissioned by Work Service.

Most common among the latecomers are men, residents of large cities and young workers.

The study showed that punctuality once or several times a week happens now 21 percent. Polish workers less often – once or several times a month – comes to work late 9.9 percent. employees, and little more than 1 percent. declares arriving late at least once a week and as much punctuality declare once a day.

The most common problems with timely declared men in starting work. Among male workers only 54 percent. never late, while among women such declarations until it fell in more than 70 percent. investigated.

The research shows that the tendency to delays this ailment, which passes with age.

punctually are more workers and middle-aged youngest and least often – the oldest. More than 71 per cent. people over 45 years of age is never too late, and among those with less seniority, aged up to 44 years of age, the figure is over 62 per cent., while among employees to 35 years old just a little more than 51 percent.

In nearly half of the respondents the main reason for the lack of punctuality are problems with commuting to the workplace. They are both caused traffic jams on the roads, communication delays and random events. These reasons pointed out nearly half of the respondents.

The second most cited reason is oversleep delays. Some employees late for work also because of family obligations – drop off children to schools and kindergartens it takes extra time, which results in spóźnieniami to work.

The research was conducted on a sample of 528 people working, on maternity and child care, and unemployed. The study was conducted institute Millward Brown on behalf of the Work Service in the days 15-18.05.2015 year.