According to the study ‘How Poles earn extra money’ conducted by SW Research on behalf of the Gi Group, more than 40 % of Poles working professionally take on additional work in addition to their main job. Nearly half of them are planning to continue or take on additional work in the next six months. This is due to the effects of the difficult economic situation.

Although earnings in companies are growing at a rate of 10 % year-on-year, they are not meeting rising household expenses. Pay rises are unable to compensate for the losses caused by high prices. Feeling the effects of the economic downturn is declared by 72 % of those surveyed. Therefore, working outside the main job is becoming increasingly popular.

Half of the respondents are planning to continue or take up additional work. 28 % could not clearly state their intentions. Secondary work is more often taken up by younger people, among respondents under the age of 34 the percentage is nearly 49 %, reports Gi Group.

This may be due to the fact that the young want to gain experience and, at the same time, make some extra money for the household budget. In addition, people with higher education (45 %) and those whose main job is based on civil law contracts, as well as temporary workers (54 % of them), are more likely to take on extra work.

Every second surveyed person spends between 1 and 9 hours per week on additional work. 3 in 10 respondents work additional hours ranging from 10-19 hours. One in ten is opting for extra work of 20 to 29 hours, while 4 % devote as many as 30 to 40 hours per week to it. 10 % of those surveyed undertake extra work on an irregular basis.

“The majority of those working extra (57 per cent) are convinced that it does not adversely affect their productivity and commitment to their main job. However, one in three admit otherwise, with men more often indicating this than women”, says the survey report.

Arkadiusz Słomczyński