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Workaholic culture is detrimental to health, economy

November 24, 2023 By Gordon

Owners of businesses as well as senior managers are putting at risk not only their health but also their respective companies. They do this by working up to 100 hours a week.

This was the result of a survey recently commissioned by the Employment Law Advisory Services (ELAS), which revealed that more than a third of business owners and senior managers have admitted to routinely working more than 48 hours a week. This is the current limit set by the European Working Time Directive.

The UK has long been considered a nation of workaholics. The country’s political and business leaders have national reputations for working long hours. But apparently, this attitude is not only limited to their leaders.

Based on a survey of 600 small and medium sized businesses, it was discovered that at least 34 per cent of business owners and managers work more than 48 hours a week.

Of these, the average working week lasted around 58 hours. Some of the respondents even admitted to spending an average of 80 hours a week in the office – and that figure would sometimes rise to as much as 100 hours a week.

Company formation and business solutions experts have expressed concern over this finding saying that contrary to opinion that a workaholic attitude is good for business it actually has a detrimental effect. They said that apart from lowered morale, this practice only brings higher degrees of stress to employees and managers – this would then lead to more time off from work.

Filed Under: Business Concepts, General Management, Strategies, UK Companies

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