In today’s Wall Street Journal there are some points about the labor market that I find particularly thought provoking for TechRepublic members.
The Labor Department reports that workers in ALL job categories are working less hours for the secondmonth in a row. The average workweek is a reported 34.1 hours.
An analyst at Merril Lynch claims in the article that the work input has not been this low since early 1992.
What do you all think about these figures? Most things I’ve read here on the site suggest that IT pros work far more than what is suggested in the WSJ article. I realize that these are national averages, but I take issue with the condition that this affected “all job categories.”
Have you all noticed a decline in the IT workweek over the past couple of months? My guess is that IT is a segment that shouldn’t be included in this trend. What’s going on?