Source: Dumb Little Man
Knowing how to achieve work-life balance isn’t always easy. We live in an age where technology blurs the line between our hours at work and at home.
In fact, 40% of Americans think that it’s perfectly fine to answer work emails at the dinner table if it’s “urgent”.
Now, the only problem with that is your boss might have a different definition of urgent than you do.
Achieving work-life balance isn’t about being rigid and inflexible with your 40-hour workweek. It’s simply knowing how to set boundaries so your work won’t end up ruining your life.
America Kind Of Sucks At Work/Life Balance
The United States sits at the 30th spot (out of 38 countries) when it comes to work/life balance. Nearly 12% of our workers are working more than 50 hours a week, compared to The Netherlands, which only has 0.5%.
People in The Netherlands spend 16 hours each day working on leisure and personal care. In comparison, people in the United States only spend a little over 11.
The average workday in the United States is also creeping up, logging in at 8.15 hours a day for full-time employees.
Because of that, nearly 60% of Americans say that technology has ruined the modern family dinner because bosses expect answers at any hour.
Other complaints American workers have include:
- 60% bad or overbearing bosses
- 39% work beyond normal working hours
- 39% experience inflexible work schedules or inadequate off time
- 31% struggle with incompetent coworkers
- 30% endure long commutes
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