Work-Life Balance Tilting Too Much Towards Work

from the tough-to-keep-it-straight dept

One of the downsides to the fact that people can work whenever they want is that it's sometimes hard for people to stop working. According to a study done in Europe, many overly stressed out workers are asking their bosses to cut their hours and salary just to gain back some control over their lives. Meanwhile, many bosses in IT are increasingly worried that their staff is going to burn out. Of course, a lot of that could be solved if companies hired more people, but they still seem hesitant to do so.

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    Director Mitch, 14 Nov 2003 @ 1:39pm

    Stressed in EUROPE?

    A study of stressed out workers in EUROPE? What, they get stressed when they have to work more than 35 hours and week and only get seven weeks vacation instead of eight?


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