They say research shows working over 40 hours a week harms your health.
If you add getting ready in the morning, commuting to work and working all day and then commuting after work. That can add up to an 11-12 hour day. If you put in a 9-10 hour workday , your day may even be 13 hours long. But for averages let just use 12 hours. 12 times 5=== 60 hours.
If you consider getting ready and commuting a part of your job then you're probably working anywhere from 55-60 hours a week.
And then they give you 2 days off to recharge your body and brain to come back and do it all again. In those 2 days off , you have to make sure to get all your chores and errands done too.
And oh yeah, we are supposed to be thankful for the 40 hour workweek. If we complain about this 100 year old dumb system, we are seen as ungrateful and lazy.
We may as well have never invented airplanes or cars. I mean for centuries , humans were traveling just fine on ships , and horse and buggy right? Why try to do better?
LOL.
Compared to the typical 35-hour or 40-hour week, if a person worked 55 hours or more, the authors estimate their risk of ischemic heart disease increases by 17% and their risk of stroke by 35%