Three quarters of logistics professionals are satisfied with work-life balance

An impressive three quarters (75%) of logistics professionals are satisfied with their current work-life balance. This is according to Protime’s survey of over 200 professionals in the logistics sector. Although a significant proportion of those working in the sector manage to maintain a healthy balance, 33% of logistics professionals indicate that they regularly work overtime. In other words, not everyone has achieved the optimum balance yet.

Besides some logistics professionals regularly working overtime, there are more obstacles to the work-life balance. For instance, 35% of workers experience a higher workload than they would like.

There is also a strong demand for more flexibility, especially among those working in shifts. Of these, as many as 35% would like more flexible working hours, reports Protime, a specialist in time registration, staff scheduling and access control.

Insufficient measures

So logistics companies can clearly still take some steps to better respond to the wants and needs of their employees, which can significantly improve the work-life balance. This is confirmed by logistics professionals: a quarter (24%) feel that their employer does not implement sufficient measures to ensure a good balance.

Leonie Gorissen, Director Netherlands at Protime: ‘It’s nice to see that a large number of logistics professionals are already satisfied with their work-life balance. Nevertheless, signals about the workload and the need for flexible working hours should not be ignored. Employers should continue to look at how they can help their employees to improve this balance.’

Appropriate roster

After all, according to Gorissen, achieving a good balance is not the task of the employees alone. ‘A practical tip for employers is to identify flexibility wants and needs related to each employee’s working hours, and where possible translate this into an appropriate roster. This keeps the work-life balance right, resulting in satisfied employees.’