English version:
G. You have enough time to get the job done

German version:
Sie haben genug Zeit, um die Arbeit zu erledigen

Nein

Online Probing:
This question shows no large or systematic differences in answer behaviour; neither between self-employed and employed, nor between countries. Self-employed are more likely to answer with “always” or “most of the time”, indicating that self-employment serves the goal of better determining work pace than employment. However, the majority of all respondents answer with “always” or “most of the time” that they have enough time to get the job done. Only very few respondents respond that this statement does not apply to them.
The three respondents who answer that this question does not apply to them also gave inconclusive answers to probing.
Of the twelve respondents who answer that they “never” have enough time to get the job done, all of them describe a situation of work overload in answer to the probing question. Employees are more likely to answer in this way than self-employed, though both groups deliver answers:

• “In 5 ½ hours, I have to fill shelves, clean, control prices, bring products, help at the cash registers, carry out orders, help out in sanitary area and the garden. The customer comes first” (R75DE, employee, “never”)
• “We have too much to do in very short time” (R31UK, employee, “never”)
• “Breaks are predetermined and must be kept exactly. Every additional break, also an individual one, influences the process; that is why there are penalties and additional breaks are not possible” (R156PL, employee, “never”)
• “A self-employed person is like a hamster in a wheel – he is never free of time pressure” (R760PL, self-employed, “never”)

A total of 24 respondents say that they “rarely” have enough time to get the job done, almost exactly half (n=11) of these are self-employed. These respondents give more detailed and varied answers as to the cause of the lack of time. These include work overload, lack of employees / colleagues, bureaucracy, and sinking quality as a result of time restrictions:

• “Extreme workload compression and more bureaucracy” (R53DE, employee, “rarely”)
• “Too much bureaucracy, too little time for personal consultation” (R338DE, employee, “rarely”)
• “Because everything has to go quickly” (R56DE, employee, “rarely”)
• “Lack of personnel; and it’s not possible to achieve the same quality with fewer employees, without harming yourself or others” (R258DE, employee, “rarely”)
• “Of course, I want to sign as many projects as possible. But it’s not possible to do this in part-time” (R322DE, self-employee, “rarely”)
• “I get too much work to do in my contract hours, and if we do everything, the managers always give us more work to do” (R163UK, employee, “rarely”)
• “I’m always behind” (R247UK, employee, “rarely”)

Two respondents describe a general work overload, not only related to their job, but to their schedule as such. Both of these are self-employed:

• “I just think there's never enough hours in a day to do everything including my job” (R248 UK, self-employed, “rarely”)
• “I am also responsible for the household and helping my parents‘ daily routine” (R768 PL, self-employed, “rarely”)

However, the majority of respondents explain that they “always” or “most of the time” have enough time to get their job done. A clear coding is best possible when coding the answers of the respondents who answered with “always”; this applied to 104 respondents.
The most common explanation given is that they are able to choose their working hours, schedule or order of tasks (n=38). This explanation is mostly given by self-employed (n=32, 84% of the respondents who gave this explanation). Four respondents, all of whom are self-employed, argue the other way around – so not that they have enough time to finish their work, but that they can choose the amount of work to fit the time they have. The next most common explanation is that the work load is manageable in the amount of time (n=26). This reasoning is provided more often by employed respondents (n=16) than self-employed (n=10). Another ten respondents explain that timelines and deadlines are not relevant to their job (n=10, 6 of these are employees). For instance, this applies to one respondent who works as a receptionist (R129UK), or another one who works as a security guard (R51UK).

No changes recommended.