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Are you constantly tired and do you feel incredibly stressed almost all
the time? Well, that means that there is a really good chance that you
are a typical American worker. Even though our incomes are going down, Americans are spending more time at work than ever before. In fact, U.S. workers spend more time at work
than anyone else in the world. But it was not always this way. Back
in 1970, the average work week for an American worker was about 35 hours. Today, it is up to 46 hours.
But there are other major economies around the globe that are doing
just fine without burning their workers out. For example, the average
American worker spends 378
more hours working per year than the average German worker does.
Sadly, for many Americans work is not even finished once they leave the
office. According to one recent survey,
the average American worker spends an extra seven hours per week on
work tasks such as checking emails and answering phone calls after
normal work hours have finished. Other Americans are juggling two or
three jobs in a desperate attempt to make ends meet. Americans are
busier than ever and work is often pushing the other areas of our lives
on to the back burner. What this also means is that "family vacations"
are becoming increasingly rare in the United States. In fact, Americans
spend less days on vacation
than anyone else in the industrialized world. While some would applaud
our "work ethic", the truth is that the fact that we are being
overworked is having some very serious consequences. In fact, as you
will see below, Americans are literally being worked to death.
Are you constantly tired and do you feel incredibly stressed almost all
the time? Well, that means that there is a really good chance that you
are a typical American worker. Even though our incomes are going down, Americans are spending more time at work than ever before. In fact, U.S. workers spend more time at work
than anyone else in the world. But it was not always this way. Back
in 1970, the average work week for an American worker was about 35 hours. Today, it is up to 46 hours.
But there are other major economies around the globe that are doing
just fine without burning their workers out. For example, the average
American worker spends 378
more hours working per year than the average German worker does.
Sadly, for many Americans work is not even finished once they leave the
office. According to one recent survey,
the average American worker spends an extra seven hours per week on
work tasks such as checking emails and answering phone calls after
normal work hours have finished. Other Americans are juggling two or
three jobs in a desperate attempt to make ends meet. Americans are
busier than ever and work is often pushing the other areas of our lives
on to the back burner. What this also means is that "family vacations"
are becoming increasingly rare in the United States. In fact, Americans
spend less days on vacation
than anyone else in the industrialized world. While some would applaud
our "work ethic", the truth is that the fact that we are being
overworked is having some very serious consequences. In fact, as you
will see below, Americans are literally being worked to death.
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