Worker struggles
Most of us live in a world where going to work means an office with a desk and a computer. But there are millions of South Africans – ‘deskless’ workers – who live in another world. They are the refuse workers, the security guards, the till operators. They don’t spend the day surfing the Internet but they do keep the world moving.
In the second edition of its Deskless Worker Pulse survey, Jem offers some insight into the lives and struggles of these workers: They may keep the world ticking over but they are not thriving. “Despite high self-reported rates of job satisfaction and vocational purpose, half of the country’s deskless workforce runs out of money before their next payday, and 1 in 2 people have absolutely zero savings,” says Jem CEO Simon Ellis.
Almost three-quarters of deskless workers have less than R500 saved for emergencies and almost half run out of money before month end.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, transport to and from work is a major cause of stress for these workers and the vast majority of the more than 4 500 workers surveyed said that they often need to borrow money to cover the cost of transport.
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