Question

What do you see as the major occupational and lifestyle issue(s) people in young and middle adulthood confront today? explain one of the reasons for these major issues?

Answer 1

A great challenge today, both an occupational one and one that threatens the  lifestyle, is the long working hours - often not paid.

In many companies, the workers are expected to work up to 60 hours a week! They have to do it, so that the company is successful and because they are threatened with loosing their jobs.


Long working hours are bad for the lifestyle - they can cause health problems and make social life hard, but they are also bad for the work the workers do, as they can suffer a burnout and actually perform their work worse than if they'd been working less hours.