Longer Working Hours Making Americans Nodding Off On The Job!

Recent studies found that prolonged working hours are making Americans to feel sleepy at their work.

This situation is occurring as they are not getting enough sleep during nights or the sleep hours might have been reduced due to their longer working hours. But, the lifestyle changes can help in reducing the work stress.

According to the research done by the national sleep foundation, more than 60 percent of the Americans are spending 4.5 hours on additional work from home other than the 9.5 hours of average work in a day.

It also says that Americans are working for more hours and they are trying to cope it with daytime sleepiness.

Some of the facts which have been found in the latest research regarding the sleep and working hours of the Americans are:

• Out of 100 percent working people, 60 percent of them are feeling drowsy in their work and they are accepting their sleepiness going on in their work.
• To lose their drowsiness in their work, out of 100 percent, 32 percent of them are getting addicted to caffeinated beverages. These caffeinated beverages make them to feel active at that time but they will create more heath problems in long run if they consume them regularly.
• Out of 100 percent, 54 percent of them are using their weekend completely for sleeping and they do not like to pay much interest for other occasions which are planned for the weekend.
• Other than feeling sleepy in their work, out of 100 percent, 36 percent of people said that they have fallen asleep while driving. This is called as the dangerous situation by the experts because it can cost a person’s life.
• Out of 100%, 14% of them are saying that they are missing their family events due to their sleepiness. They said that this situation is arising due to falling asleep whenever they are at home. Instead of talking and playing with their kids and family members, they are sleeping with tiredness. People who faced this situation also said that their relationship with their family members has also decreased due to this problem.