Some Twitter employees' long hours are making news, but research shows there's a point at which working more doesn't help at all. In fact, it has big downsides.
themselves about their hours and working conditions, finding they worked 95-hour weeks. As one anonymous junior banker put it in the survey, “There was a point where I was not eating, showering or doing anything else other than working from morning until after midnight.”But according to science, there’s a clear point of diminishing returns at which working extra hours won’t actually make a difference at your job but will certainly wreak long-term damage on your body.
His advice to those stuck working more than 40 hours a week? Organize with your co-workers and management for better working conditions.“Workers and employers can enshrine healthy working hours in collective bargaining agreements,” Pega said. “Workers, governments and employers also all have a role to play in monitoring working hours against adherence to healthy limits.”Working long hours also puts you at a greater risk of getting physically hurt while working.
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