Women work longer hours than men: report
There has been much made about gender wage gaps in this space, and certainly across the site MSN has investigated where, and by how much, men earn more than women.
Though nagging stereotypes exist inside any analysis of gender wage gaps.
The male worker, to many, is the executive up at five a.m., wearing a suit and prone to burning the midnight oil. The female worker, to some, is the receptionist in at nine and out at 4:45, home to the kids and a preheated oven.
Of course this is offensive, but in fact it’s also wrong. A new survey shows women put longer hours in the office than men.
According to Bullhorn, Inc., a Boston-based software recruiting firm, women work slightly more aggregate hours than men, but a big difference is seen in the amount of nine-plus hour days each works.
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Of the more than 5,000 employees polled by Bullhorn, 54 per cent of women said they worked more than nine hours per day, compared to just 41 per cent of men.
Further, women seem to remain more plugged into the office life when away on vacation. Sixty-eight per cent of women said they stayed connected to work while away, compared to 62 per cent of men.
“Generally, women are working harder and longer,” said Art Papas, Bullhorn CEO.
Question the data if you like, but Bullhorn insists there is no slant to its findings. In fact, Bullhorn wasn’t even studying male/female work hours, but instead work habits in general when the numbers popped out at them.
“We were looking at work habits and out jumps this difference between men and women and their works habits and we were blown away,” Papas said.
Do you agree with the Bullhorn data? Men, do you work less than the women you know? Women, do you work more than the men you know?
By Jason Buckland, MSN Money
Posted by: Mr. Negative | May 10, 2021 12:05:47 PM
Don't really agree in any data that askes a handful of people and answers on behalf of the rest of us.
I will never understand how asking 5000 or 10000 people in certain groups would truly give you an answer to this question? What about the other 6 or 7 billion people, could it be different?
Stats are swayed in my opinion............look at the elections!
Another point, why do we even need these stats? Is someone really paying for this information?
Posted by: Dr. J. Lindon | May 10, 2021 6:42:26 PM
I work on average 13 hrs per day and 6 days per week, although I am only paid 40 hrs per week. I work during my vacations as well. Before anyone tells me that I am an idiot, my income is in the top 0.3% of the highest income earners in this country, so what do I care. I work because I love my work, not because of the income.
Posted by: Enrico | May 11, 2021 1:08:53 AM
Mr negative: It's called Representative sampling and anyone who understand the basis of statistic would understand that you only need a small sample to represent the overall population with great accuracy.
as for this article; what a joke basing the finding in ONE place and applying to the whole population/gender?that's just wrong and obviously done so that the article get more attention.
On average men spent more hours per week at work (39.3 hours) than women (33.0 hours) in 2011.
reference: http://www4.hrsdc.gc.ca/.3ndic.1t.4r@-eng.jsp?iid=19
^ real statistic not this anecdotal evidence the writer of this article gave.
Posted by: d3 | May 12, 2021 1:48:09 AM
wow, it's so amazing at how much better women are in everything compared to men. just look all over the internet and every article out there(women good/men bad). its getting really tired.
Posted by: Frank | May 12, 2021 11:04:28 AM
Yes! Of course, it's common knowledge these days, women work harder, longer, smarter, faster, better and all for less money than men. So un fair!!!!!!!!
Just rubbish!! Just more activists attempting to empower women to rock the boat.
No wonder men don't take their jobs on vacation with them.......most of us have been saddled with "Jobs from Hell" for 40 years. All we want is a margarita and a sandy beach for a few days. We hand our pay checks over to wives who can't manage money and we end up destitute when we retire.
Posted by: Lynn | May 12, 2021 12:15:04 PM
Wow Frank....you really are a woman hater. Fact is, I am woman, I work up to 12 hours a day...sometimes 7 days a week. The husband has been retired for 5 years, plays video games and watches TV all day and worked all of 27 years...I'm on my 40th because we couldn't live the life we have without my income. Feel sorry for your wife! If I were her, I'd be looking elsewhere for companionship. It is a known fact women that work all day....go home to work again with cooking, cleaning, children's needs, etc. So, why don't you go sit in that easy chair...get fat...and maybe that wife of yours will enjoy the benefits of a great life insurance policy. Peeeuwwww....you STINK!
Posted by: Brandon | May 12, 2021 12:45:17 PM
Frank/Lynn: I think we could all present examples of both men and women being lazy in relationships. Thats nothing new. So lets move on. That being said, I think this whole wage gap thing has been going on for far too long. There are wage laws in Canada and the United States that prevent companies from assessing pay based on sex. Honestly I dont think any sane company would pay women less and risk, in all likelihood a high profile lawsuit. The wage gap can be attributed to other factors that dont involve discrimination. Men are more likely to complete overtime in Canada compared to women. Additionally, men make up the majority of workplace accidents, which would suggest that they move towards more dangerous jobs (ie construction). Looking at wage gaps on a province wide basis, as this article does, is problematic at best. For example, the cited article suggests that the wage gap is highest in Alberta and women should be angy that men make so much more than they do. But it doesn't look at the gender distributions of jobs. If male employment within the province is centered around high paying oil sands jobs and women are gravitating towards less "risk" jobs such as nursing or admin then the wage gap makes sense and is not really caused by a discriminatory workforce.
Overall, it would seem that the current "wage gap" fight is more a case of crockety old feminists that dont have anything to fight over and poor statistical representations than anything of real substance.
Posted by: David | May 12, 2021 3:26:15 PM
yeah well if i could actually find a woman that likes to work, go to school, or do ANYTHING with her life, that would be great. Although it seems these days that the great majority of women I meet are all lazy. They don't cook, clean, or take care of their kids. I think that last generation of women has seriously screwed up in raising their daughters!
Posted by: Frank | May 12, 2021 4:04:34 PM
Lynn it's good to hear of men that have turned the tables. Congratulations go out to your husband.
Posted by: Betty | May 12, 2021 8:38:18 PM
Lynn and Frank- grow up, and go away from an intelligent discussion. My husband works way longer hours, but so do I in our home...now..what are the stats going to say? As far as this kind of study goes, does it do any good, for anyone? Pay equity? mmm... we have to make sure that we have equal numbers of boys, girls, ethnic groups to get in to universities...what about grades? what about that 30 years ago the curriculuum in grade schools favoured boys, and that now the curriculum favours girls, and that the people making all of these judgements have worked in academia all of their lives, so they probably have never worked in a factory, or dug holes outside, or worked in a private or public corporation. a pointless study that only further divides...
Posted by: Jack | May 12, 2021 10:09:18 PM
Lynn you seem to lack objectivity. If you are working as much at your age as you say you should rethink your life. Get out of the house, go hiking or plant a garden.
Frank, you aren't far off the mark but really don't blame your wife if you hand you pay checks over.
Brandon, you've hit the "Bulls Eye" so to speak. This is it in a nut shell.
Employers pay for value, private sector employers that is. The rest.........are just feeding off the tax base and the politics of the day blows like the wind.
Posted by: Mr. Negative | May 14, 2021 8:53:57 AM
Enrico, you are right that i don't understand the basics of statistics..........in my opinion you don't need to understand it, but need to use common sense. It is almost like stereo typing people......"well the 2000 people we asked portray this lifestyle" no need to ask anyone one else, they are all the same? (now the people who took the survey speak for me?)
Don't get me wrong, i am sure if i understood "basic statistics" this all might make a bit more sense..........however, if you want real data you would have to ask everyone, wouldn't you? Kind of like going to do a coffee run - would you ask 3 people and assume everyone else drinks double double?
I was always told not to assume, as it make an ass out of me and you. Statistics in my opinion have a,lot to do with Ass-uming. (that is assuming everyone is the same)
Anyhow, even if they did ask everyone, the stats would be configured to represent the information the writing party is trying to convey. So, at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter.
I just don't agree, this is just my opinion, and hopefully they can put this in a stat!
Posted by: SP | May 15, 2021 5:04:30 AM
Wow is this survey an insult to women or what?
“Generally, women are working harder and longer,” said Art Papas, Bullhorn CEO. With women saying they work more hours and stay connected whilst on holidays.
On the suface this sounds great but stand back and look what it really is saying. Women work more hours and are connected to the office more hours yet........ Women make up a smaller percentage of company founders, a smaller percentage of self made billionaires, a smaller percentage of millionaires, a smaller percentage of those providing jobs to others. AND YET ! It takes them much longer, to do less.
As an employer to you want someone who works longer, produces less and is therefore at greater risk of burnout?
If I was a woman I would be insulted. I would state that I only worked an equivalent amount of hours equal to womens achievements in society.
Posted by: Elmo | May 17, 2021 10:46:06 AM
Women work longer hours than men !!! Probably because it takes them 2X the time to do the same work a man can do during regular hours. Also probably because they consider their daily hour+ chit-chats as part of their "workday". Also because they consider their weekly walk around the office Monday girlie chats about "How was your weekend ?" with every female co-worker... added to their Friday chats about "So, what are you planning for this weekend ?"... as part of their "workday".
As for being plugged in while on vacation... that's only an extension of their daily "plugged in" status while at work... texting with their kids, texting with their female friends at other jobs, etc. C'mon now, realistically... how many times do you see women walking around with their blackberry, I-Pads texting away ? They start as soon as they negotiate the steps out of the bus, as soon as they get off the elevator, they constantly walk around with their eyes glued to their gadget. TWO minutes after walking in the office, they're texting their girlfriends making plans for lunch or texting their mothers or boyfriends or kids, etc... and this is at a 80-20 ratio as compared to men. Maybe if they'd cut down on the extracurricular texting at work, they'd be able to do their work within a reasonable timeframe.