In this research I am going to talk about the work labor. And ask the questions like do American work too hard? Does working more actually reduce productivity? Is a 40-hour work week too much? Should there be a mandatory cap on the number of hour a person can work? Should there be changes in employment laws to give Americans more relaxation? All these question I will carefully answer and analyze them and provide support and evidence. Now let get started.
To begin with are Americans working too hard? The answer is yes but why? Well some of us might not know but there are some people whom work hard for a long period of time. That is called workaholic. Well you might ask yourself how can I tell if someone is a workaholic. Some characteristics are that if someone is working for long hour and they don’t care about their health or relationship with someone. Another example is if their attitude changes when work is up they are happy or work is down they upset. There are consequence work for too hard. It can serve as Band-Aid for other issues, a way to numb undesirable feelings or fill certain voids. Working too hard can have a negative impact to you. …show more content…
According to Anne Spurgeon, J Malcolm Harrington, Cary L Cooper “Most of the studies quoted here which have shown health effects have been concerned with working time beyond 50 hours a week.” (374) having to work more than 50 hour can cause you get burned out and inevitably start falling behind in your duties. Productivity decreases when you have to spend more hours trying to catch up on forgotten tasks. Also when your fatigue increases and you become overwhelmed from long workdays, your safety is at risk. That lead to a lot of stress and stress could to have a heart
To begin with are Americans working too hard? The answer is yes but why? Well some of us might not know but there are some people whom work hard for a long period of time. That is called workaholic. Well you might ask yourself how can I tell if someone is a workaholic. Some characteristics are that if someone is working for long hour and they don’t care about their health or relationship with someone. Another example is if their attitude changes when work is up they are happy or work is down they upset. There are consequence work for too hard. It can serve as Band-Aid for other issues, a way to numb undesirable feelings or fill certain voids. Working too hard can have a negative impact to you. …show more content…
According to Anne Spurgeon, J Malcolm Harrington, Cary L Cooper “Most of the studies quoted here which have shown health effects have been concerned with working time beyond 50 hours a week.” (374) having to work more than 50 hour can cause you get burned out and inevitably start falling behind in your duties. Productivity decreases when you have to spend more hours trying to catch up on forgotten tasks. Also when your fatigue increases and you become overwhelmed from long workdays, your safety is at risk. That lead to a lot of stress and stress could to have a heart