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Things you didn't know about exceeding the 40 hour work week
This document discusses how increased work hours and less sleep are negatively impacting employee health, productivity, and work quality. It finds that 24% of employees work over 6 extra unpaid hours per week, 39% work over 40 hours, and the average American gets 90 minutes less sleep than needed. Consequences include weight gain, higher risk of heart disease and alcohol abuse. Only half of employees feel as productive due to stress. Long work hours also decrease problem solving, creativity and memory. While the US works more hours, Germany has much higher productivity with a ban on 50-hour weeks.
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- 1. PUTTING IN MORETIME ISN’T HELPING OUR PRODUCTIVITY WE ARE WORKING NOW MORE THAN EVER EMPLOYEES 24% WORK SIX OR MORE EXTRA HOURS PER WEEK WITHOUT PAY. DOUBLE THAT FOR MANAGEMENT 39% OF PEOPLE WORK MORE THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK, A TYPICAL WORKWEEK 11HRS EMPLOYEE EFFECTIVENESS NUMBER OF HOURS MORE A WEEK THAN PEOPLE WORKED IN THE 1970S 6 HALF WEIGHT WHAT IS ALL OF THIS DOING TO OUR BODIES? OF WORKERS HAVE OUT OF THE 10 OF EMPLOYEES ARE LESS PRODUCTIVE AS A RESULT OF STRESS BIGGEST ECONOMIC POWERS BAN 50-HOUR WORKWEEKS GAINED WEIGHT FROM THEIR JOBS AVERAGE HOURS/YEAR WORKED 2000 HEART 40-80% HIGHER RISK OF HEART DISEASE DUE TO STAYING TOO LONG IN THE OFFICE 67% GREATER RISK OF DEVELOPING HEART DISEASE WORKING 11 HRS PER DAY COMPARED TO 8 HRS 21 GREECE YR OLD INTERN DIES AFTER WORKING 3 ALL-NIGHTERS IN A ROW 3X MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AN ALCOHOL-ABUSE PROBLEM SLEEP DEPRIVATION THE AVERAGE AMERICAN GETS 90MIN LESS SLEEP THAN THEY SHOULD 41 MILLION AMERICAN WORKERS ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED CAFFEINE SUBSTANCE ABUSE WORKING 50+ HRS PER WEEK HRS NUMBER OF AMERICANS WORLD ECONOMIC RATING 34 TH 1400 HRS GERMANY 68 MIL 30 MIL 21 MIL WORLD ECONOMIC RATING 4 TH 3 CUPS 5 CUPS 6 CUPS COFFEE CONSUMED PER DAY HOWEVER GERMAN PRODUCTIVITY IS 70% HIGHER 5-YEAR STUDY M I L L I O N S M O R E C O N S U M E E N E R GY D R I N K S OR MORE HOURS PER WEEK ENERGY DRINKS HOURS PER WEEK 55 HRS/WEEK OR MORE DECREASED PROBLEM SOLVING EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS FROM ENERGY DRINKS IMPAIRMENT .01 CREATIVITY 20HRS = .01 WITHOUT SLEEP SHORT-TERM MEMORY BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY 10,068 20,783 2007 2011 QUALITY OF WORK