- Statistics show that people's jobs can contribute to workaholism ,
- insomnia , and divorce .
- The average person spends more than 90,000 hours in their
- lifetime at work , and it affects their personal lives.
- Here are some more disturbing facts about the state of work around
- the world.
How many hours does the average person commute per year?
How much weight will you gain at your current job?
How many hours will you work in your lifetime?
The answer to those questions, it turns out: a lot. Here are some
more depressing facts about the state of work in our world today.
The average American spends 90,000 hours at work
over their lifetime.
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Source: Happiness at Work by Jessica Pryce-Jones
But 87% of Americans have no passion for their jobs.
Source: Deloitte's Shift Index survey
And 80% of US workers are outright dissatisfied with
their jobs.
Source: Deloitte's Shift Index survey
Those married to workaholics said in a study that
they feel more estranged from their partners, and
that they feel less control of their relationship.
A third of managers in the UK say they're losing their sense of humor because of work.
Source: Quality of Working Life report from Chartered Management
Institute and Workplace Health Connect
And nearly 60% say their jobs are making them
insomniacs.
Kaewmanee jiangsihui/Shutterstock
Source: Quality of Working Life report from Chartered Management
Institute and Workplace Health Connect
The average American spends more than 100 hours commuting every year.
Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Source: US Census Bureau
And a quarter of Americans say work is their No. 1
source of stress.
In the US, stress from work is estimated to be the
fifth-biggest cause of death.
Source: The Baltimore Sun
In Japan, hundreds of Japanese workers die every
year from "karoshi," or death by overwork. That might
involve suicide or simply dropping dead at their desks.
Source: Associated Press
Women earn 80% of what men are paid in the US,
and that gender wage gap isn't on track to close
until 2119.
Source: AAUW
The wage gap even more pronounced for women of
color. Hispanic women were paid 54% and black women
were paid 63% of what white men were paid in 2016.
Courtesy of MKDA
Source: AAUW
Nearly half of America has gained weight at their
current job; 26% have gained more than 10 pounds,
11% have gained more than 20.
Source: CareerBuilder
Americans used 17 vacation days on average last year,
less than the average of 20 vacation days they used in
the 1980s and 1990s.
Mario Suriani / AP Images
Source: Project Time Off
And the majority of Americans don't even use all of
their vacation days; there were 705 million unused
days off last year nationwide.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
Source: Project Time Off
That might not be changing for the better anytime soon,
as 40% of millennials say they "feel guilty" for using all
of their vacation days.
Mikhail Goldenkov/Strelka Institute
Source: Randstad
And even when employees do go on vacation, 42%
of them say they feel the pressure to check in with
their offices while they're gone.
KIRAYONAK YULIYA/Shutterstock
Source: Randstad
Alyson Shontell contributed to a previous version of this post.
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