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A Quarter of IT Pros Find Their Job Very Stressful (itproportal.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A new report from Spiceworks, entitled A Portrait of IT Workers, says 41 per cent of IT pros in the UK consider themselves "accidental" -- and that they ended up in their career via a "non-traditional" route. The report, which covers areas including the career plans and education levels of IT professionals, found that a third (33 per cent) of the UK's IT job force don't have a college or a university degree. [...] When it comes to working, British IT bods work 41 hours a week, "far above" the 31 hour average across all industries. Almost all (89 per cent) see themselves as "somewhat stressed" at work, with a quarter (26 per cent) reported being extremely stressed.
That's the average for full-time workers; 31 hours is the average including part-time work.
Dragon-file - We are totally workaholics, compared to much of Europe.
A 31h work week is relaxed by any standards, even European ones. Not sure how that average came to be in the UK.
Most of Europe works 40h weeks, IT pros probably average at 40-50h weeks. France works 35h weeks.
What we do have in Europe is the luxury of payed vacation (about 30 days) plus an average of about 5 bank holidays per year.
Of course this varies a lot depending on the industry and EU country. The lower you are on the social ladder and the poorer the EU country, the less payed leave.