Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

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Change in tempo of work at one’s workplace
(During the last 12 months)
Tempo of work at one’s
workplace has
FINLAND LITHUANIA LATVIA ESTONIA
…considerably increased 18 % 11 % 13 % 11 %
…somewhat increased 30 % 34 % 31 % 31 %
…remained the same 48 % 43 % 47 % 48 %
…somewhat decreased 3 % 8 % 6 % 5 %
…considerably decreased 0 % 1 % 1 % 1 %
Do not know 1 % 3 % 2 % 4 %
Total 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %
(N=1297) (N=909) (N=904) (N=900)
Considering only those respondents who reported that the tempo of work had
considerably increased at their workplace, the following comes to light: in
Estonia and Latvia, about two-thirds of them work in the private sector and
around one-third in the public sector. In Lithuania the situation is different,
since half of those concerned work in the private and half in the public sector.
This result, too, indicates that work in the Lithuanian public sector has intensified
significantly during recent years. In all the countries, the women felt more
commonly than the men that the tempo at the workplace had changed to become
definitely more hectic than earlier.
The change in work tempo at the workplace was asked about in the previous
working life barometer for the Baltic countries, in the same way as now. This
makes possible a comparison of the change at these two different points in
time. In all these countries, the acceleration in working pace has continued.
However, in Latvia and especially in Estonia, the degree of acceleration has
decreased somewhat. In Lithuania, by contrast, the general trend has been
completely the opposite.