The Overworked American

AMONG EMPLOYEES WHO REPORT ALL WORK AND NO PLAY IN THE PAST TWO DECADES, THE U.S. POST-RECESSION WORK EXHAUSTION BACKLASH HIGH LEVELS OF BEING OVERWORKED: ECONOMY HAS EXPERIENCEDA NEARLY 86% 59% OF EXECUTIVES SAY THEIR THE 60 PERCENT INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY. COMPANY DEMANDS MORE OVERWORKED TIME FROM EMPLOYEES SAY THEY MAKE A 20% UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN BUILT ON LOT OF MISTAKES OF EMPLOYEES FEEL THE BACKS OF AMERICAN WORKERS, AT WORK MORE IS DEMANDED AMERICAN WHO ARE LABORING LONGER HOURS OF THEM OFTEN EXPERIENCE 39% FOR LOWER PAY. ANGER TOWARD THEIR EMPLOYERS TECHNOLOGY BLURS THE LINE BETWEEN WORK AND HOME ACCORDING TO A PEW RESEARCH SURVEY OF OFTEN RESENT 34% AMERICANS ARE PUTTING IN LONG HOURS NETWORKED AMERICANS, OR THOSE THAT THEIR COWORKERS WHO WORK LESS ARE CONNECTED TO TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS: 39% 56% 20% 1/3 MOST ASSESSMENTS OF THE ECONOMY ONLY FACTOR IN PAID INVISIBLE LABOR: UNPAID WORK WORK, BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE UNPAID WORK-FROM REPORT DOING AT CHILDCARE TO VOLUNTEERING-THAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE WORKED MORE THAN LEAST SOME WORK THE OFFICE? FROM HOME U.S. EMPLOYEES REPORT 44 HOURS PER REPORT DOING JOB- FEELING CHRONICALLY WEEK OVERWORKED IN 2009 RELATED TASKS AT HOME KOREA 79 TOTAL MINUTES OF ALMOST EVERYDAY UNPAID WORK PER DAY JAPAN 100 CHINA 103 SOUTH AFRICA 139 DAYS OF PAID MANDATORY AND THEY TAKE LESS VACATION INDIA 148 ANNUAL LEAVE CANADA 109 ACTUAL VACATION USE FRANCE 133 36% 37% OF EMPLOYEES DON'T TAKE LESS THAN A SPAIN 127 PLAN TO USE THEIR 7-DAY VACATION, WHEN UNITED STATES 102 FULL VACATION DAYS THEY DO TAKE TIME OFF 30 UNITED KINGDOM 123 GERMANY 124 25 SWEDEN 128 20 20 20 20 ITALY 138 MEXICO 185 10 ACCORDING TO THE OECD, UNPAID WORK INCLUDES: CARE FOR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS SHOPPING VOLUNTEERING ROUTINE HOUSEWORK CARE FOR NON- TRAVEL RELATED TO UNPAID WORK FRANCE SWEDEN GERMANY SPAIN ITALY IRELAND AUSTRALIA GREECE SWITZERLAND UNITED CANADA UNITED STATES HOUSEHOLD KINGDOM MEMBERS SELECT OECD COUNTRIES SOURCES: MOTHERJONES.COM | DELOITTE.COM | GALLUP.COM | PEWINTERNET.ORG | OECD | FAMILIES AND WORK INSTITUTE. "OVERWORK IN AMERICA: WHEN THE WAY WE WORK BECOMES TOO MUCH" A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE