In South Korea, a 14-hour work day is a norm and a sign of respect. Every year, employees give up over 500 million hours of leave for fear of losing their jobs every year – Erik Gandini lists in his document. The Swedish director travels around the world and check what the word “work” means and for whom. He puts the thesis that today the main goal of people is to have a job.
And on the Polish Internet about work is roaring.
“Culture f *** in this country is an unbeatable concrete.”
“Trele Morele”.
“Such a bajer is to keep yourself.”
“Gwieźdź to the casket of the Polish economy”.
These are just a few comments about the pilot shortening of working time.
“They see this change in black scenarios”
Mrs. Liliana works at the Poznań Pharmaceutical Company Herbapol, which shortens working hours since 2024. – My life has changed a lot. I can spend time with my family, we can go on a bike trip and have a nice day – a woman assures us.
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Employees are satisfied, so Karolina Adolewska, director of HR in Herbapol Poznań, are surprised by negative comments on the network about plans to shorten working time in Poland.
– Certainly, entrepreneurs are afraid that high labor costs will increase. Perhaps this is the main reason that makes them see this change in black scripts. For now, we enter pilot projects, i.e. we learn to work in a short working time. It is worth remembering that implementing such a change will not be equally easy for all companies, because a lot depends on the industry and the nature of the business – emphasizes our interlocutor.
Minister of Family, Labor and Social Policy Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk at the end of April She announced the launch of a shorter work week pilotage. The experiment is to start next year.
“You can reduce the number of working hours in one day, you can spread it for many days a week, another solution will be to grant additional holidays. Pilot participants will choose the model of shortening working time, best suited to them organization ” – we read about sample possibilities for companies in the department's announcement.
This solution is to be introduced without reducing salaries. Companies and offices are to participate in the experiment, which will voluntarily apply. The ministry provided for their support PLN 10 million from the Labor Fund.
Compromise: two free Fridays
We return to Herbapol. The company decided to introduce a shortened working time for all employees, regardless of their position.
– The pilot was that we implemented one Friday free in each quarter and increased by another quarter – one day. In the first quarter of 2024, we implemented one Friday free, in the second quarter – two Fridays and on the third we should, according to our assumptions and plans, implement three Fridays. For organizational, operational reasons, but also related to the pace of other processes, we had to postpone this step – says the representative of Herbapol Poznań.
He explains that this happened because of priorities and goals. – The need to ensure the right time to carry out tasks related to the development of the company and current business processes is a priority for us. We have an ambitious business strategy and specific goals that we want to achieve effectively, and shortening working time sets new challenges before us – he adds.
– After numerous conversations and joint analyzes, we decided that at least at the moment we remain with the dissolution of two free Fridays a month. This is a compromise that allows us to maintain a balance between the company's pace and the comfort of the team's work – tells us the director of HR Herbapol Poznań.