They can handle incredibly
long working hours in abject conditions while managing to stay perky and motivated.
My issues are general stress, physical inactivity due to
long working hours in an office environment, elevated blood pressure and arthritic pain.
For people who appreciate logical thought combined with a lively mind, who can tolerate
long working hours in a partner, who love the outdoors and have little patience for superstition, Lambert's service can be a real boon.
Article here in The Age Australians «working longest hours» October 29, 2008 - 10:11 AM Australians work some of
the longest working hours in the developed world, a study has found.
Not exact matches
When you're up against a deadline or facing a tough challenge, do the people you
work with know instinctively that they'll find you
in the thick of the fight — pitching
in,
working long hours, and doing whatever is necessary to succeed?
It seems like I spend twice as
long in the car every day idling my way through rush
hour and staring at the rusted bumper of the car
in front of me, when I could be writing and connecting with clients at
work.
Like Robert, I tend to
work fairly
long hours, but I have greater control over mine than he does; I can take breaks if I want,
work in the evening instead of at mid-day... the total number of
hours I
work isn't particularly flexible, but when I
work them is.
«They've kept the older workers
in the labour force, they've kept all their workers
working longer hours, they've resorted to temporary foreign workers, they've hired young people.
Seeking entry into this field at mid-life meant competing with established professionals or those much younger than me, many holding a degree
in journalism or another directly related course of study, an experience - rich resume to support their interest, and the freedom to
work long hours in an office away from home.
The Times reported that Amazon employees are forced to
work long and hard
hours, that employees sabotage one another to get ahead, and that «they're encouraged to tear apart one another's ideas
in meetings.»
Researchers at the University of Michigan who followed 2,300 adults for up to a decade reported
in 2008 that even common
work irritants interfere with good rest more than
long hours, night shifts or fears about job loss.
IBM's Watson will get to
work before the ceremony even starts, analyzing and sorting «
hours of video and close to 125,000 photographs» taken during the Grammys»
hours -
long red carpet show ahead of Sunday's event, IBM said
in its announcement.
It's a gruelling profession: most operators are on call 24
hours a day, and often
work in isolated locations for
long stretches.
When you're
in the trenches every day,
working long hours to build your dream company, it's easy to miss the big picture and get stuck
in the weeds.
Most operators are on call 24
hours a day, and often
work in remote locations for
long stretches of time.
Women have less time for on - the - job labor because they spend more time doing housework than their male counterparts — so they miss out when they're
working in fields that reward
long hours, based on a new National Bureau for Economic Research study.
Its biggest bottleneck: Finding the rare kind of talent willing to put
in long hours for the opportunity to do challenging
work with startups that may end up being the next Facebook.
In the intervening 17
hours, a compounding series of misfortunes — a broken de-icing machine, frozen engines and brakes, a lack of gates at the terminal, a plane that idled so
long it had to refuel, a crew that
worked so
long it needed to be replaced — turned the flight into an almanac of the indignities of modern air travel.
A study from 2009 now getting buzz on the blogosphere explored the role marriage plays
in the lesbian wage premium, and found that women who don't expect to be part of a traditional family spend more time investing
in labour participation through on - the - job training and
working longer hours than household skills.
But the dramatic economic downturn
in the world economy that hurt so many workers starting
in 2008 only accelerated a decades -
long trend toward more precarious jobs and the unstable
hours, low wages, minimal benefits and insecurity that this
work means for so many.
Huffington adds: «As
long as success is defined by who
works the
longest hours, who goes the
longest without a vacation, who sleeps the least, who responds to an email at midnight or five
in the morning —
in essence, who is suffering from the biggest time famine — we're never going to be able to enjoy the benefits of time affluence.»
«I could
work long hours,» said Burch, speaking at the Vanity Fair Founders Fair
in New York City, but «it can really wear out a team, so I have to be aware of that.»
You'll start
working long hours, nights and weekends, and you'll never seem to make a dent
in the ever - growing pile of tasks to accomplish.
Name: Christene Barberich Company: Refinery29
Work - life balance philosophy: I don't mind working long hours, especially if I feel the work is feeding me in ret
Work - life balance philosophy: I don't mind
working long hours, especially if I feel the
work is feeding me in ret
work is feeding me
in return.
It didn't matter that they put
in long hours, drove themselves to
work very hard, and thought about their job all the time.
Despite data from an ABC News poll that indicated only 26 percent of Americans felt they
worked too hard, analysts have found that not only do people from the United States
work longer hours than individuals
in other countries, but they also take less time off and retire later.
Like Sachs, Whippman believes that «there are many reasons why life
in America is likely to produce anxiety compared with other developed nations:
long working hours without paid vacation time for many, insecure employment conditions with little legal protection for workers, inequality, and the lack of universal health care coverage, to name a few,» but she stresses that our «happiness - seeking culture» is also part of the problem.
In most stories, this is where the hard
work begins — the
long hours, sleepless nights, and near - death business experiences.
Many entrepreneurs boast about the
long hours they put
in at
work.
Federal legislation ended sweatshops back
in 1938, but it didn't automatically end the belief that
long hours of non-stop
work create the most output.
Commuting, especially
in London, can be
long and stressful, 9 - 5 shifts are not as common as they used to be, and the ability to
work remotely often sees people
working longer hours than ever before.
But I can imagine there are some times of the day you can also stay one
hour longer in the bed and do some
work from there.
Sticking with what he knows
works, be it high tech or low tech, Buchsbaum still puts
in long hours.
Entrepreneurs and investment bankers share similar traits: They
work long hours, they are committed to their craft, they believe
in their abilities and they innovate their way out of problems and challenges.
Startups can be extremely stressful
work environments and require employees to
work longer hours in the office.
His reasons for forming Hinterland echoed the problems outlined
in the Jacobin story —
long hours and the temporary nature of the
work, which often required relocation.
In a company's «infancy,» Adizes writes, «it is normal that the founder is
working long hours, does not delegate and makes all the decisions.»
«A lot of people
work hard and put
in long hours because they're given rewards — money, perks, status — so they are generally prepared to make the sacrifice,» he says.
If you think this isn't important, bear
in mind that
long - term studies show that
working 11 or more
hours a day at least doubles the risk of depression.
But for most of us, we
work harder and
longer hours than ever before, believing that by doing so, we'll find the happiness and success we want
in our lives.
The idea of May 1 as a day for workers» rights was born
in the US city of Chicago, where on May 1, 1886 hundreds of thousands of people walked off the job to protest
long hours and harsh
working conditions.
Everybody's
working for the weekend, but is it best to get «er done
in long, eight -
hour stints?
However, as consistently
working long hours is a pretty terrible idea for lots of other well established reasons (assuming your family is
in a financial position to avoid it), there's probably no harm
in adding one more possible drawback to the pile.
«We tell ourselves that office spouse relationships can be professional, and feelings will remain mutual and platonic,» says Lara, «However,
long working hours and having less time at home, coupled with being involved
in the same projects as your
work spouse, can all become too intimate emotionally.
But recent research suggests that there's an exception: when employees
work significantly more
hours early
in their career, it pays off
in the
long - run, Dr. Dora Gicheva, an assistant professor at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, found.
In February, the SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard found hiring among more than 40,000 small business owners was down slightly (0.1 percent), as it was in January, and paychecks were up (0.1 percent), likely due to existing employees working longer hours or getting overtime pa
In February, the SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard found hiring among more than 40,000 small business owners was down slightly (0.1 percent), as it was
in January, and paychecks were up (0.1 percent), likely due to existing employees working longer hours or getting overtime pa
in January, and paychecks were up (0.1 percent), likely due to existing employees
working longer hours or getting overtime pay.
Working long hours in a job you need, but don't want, feeling as if each
hour is time you should have spent pursuing what you love — time you'll never get back.
Many millennials today, maybe even the ones that
work for you, put
in these kinds of
long hours.
Bragging about your insanely
long workweeks (whether you actually
work that many
hours in reality or not) is usually a public statement of your importance, dedication, and
work ethic.
In Bangladesh, workers, mostly women, work long hours for minimum wages that labour advocacy groups say keep those workers trapped in poverty and with few or no rights to organize to improve condition
In Bangladesh, workers, mostly women,
work long hours for minimum wages that labour advocacy groups say keep those workers trapped
in poverty and with few or no rights to organize to improve condition
in poverty and with few or no rights to organize to improve conditions.