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That is a sign your employees are working too hard? And while this might sound like a nice problem for a small business owner to have, a new study shows that millennials tend to be workaholics — a tendency that can be bad both for them and for your business.<\/p>\n
The Millennial Workaholics Index<\/a>, compiled by FreshBooks, surveyed more than 1,000 millennials and here’s what it found.<\/p>\n When do millennials work?<\/p>\n In another study by Project:Time Off<\/a>, 43% of millennials (vs. 29% of all employees) identified as a “work martyr”—that is, someone who feels too guilty to take time off. What’s more, 48% of millennials say they want<\/em> their bosses to see them as work martyrs.<\/p>\n What are some warning signs of workaholism?<\/p>\n Employees who are workaholics are more likely to have mental illnesses including depression, anxiety, OCD and ADHD, according to a large scale study of workaholism<\/a>. Whether these conditions exacerbate workaholism, or workaholism exacerbates these conditions, is uncertain.<\/p>\n Working too hard can also negatively affect an employee’s physical health, cause problems in their relationships, and even make them less effective at work.<\/p>\n Employee productivity is key to your business’s success, so it might seem that workaholic employees are a great asset. But there’s a difference between working hard and working too<\/em> hard — and the latter can have negative effects on your business.<\/p>\n As the leader, it’s your job to rein in workaholic employees. Here are some steps to do so:<\/p>\n Showing that you value your employees’ mental and physical health, not just their ability to crank out work, will go a long way toward reducing workaholism at your business.<\/p>\n Photo via Shutterstock<\/a><\/small><\/em><\/p>\n This article, “32% of Your Millennial Employees Work in the Bathroom – and it’s NOT a Good Thing<\/a>” was first published on Small Business Trends<\/a><\/p>\n These Millennials statistics reveal that it’s not a hipster thing; this generation just can’t stop working, apparently. Here’s all the numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-small-business-operations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Why Working Too Hard is Bad for your Employees<\/h3>\n
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How Employees Who Work Too Hard can Hurt your Business<\/h3>\n
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How to Bring Workaholic Employees into Balance<\/h3>\n
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