Many people argue that working over-time longer hours is the key to achieve successful life while others argue work-life balance is the main reason. I’m going to elaborate both view points and share my opinion in this essay.
On one hand, working longer hours help in carrier development greatly. In competitive industries like apparel and technology, it is necessary to work more sometimes to meet deadlines. Therefore, it enhances productivity of company as well as packages for employees. Over-time working hours not only bring financial benefits to employees but also help to gain more experiences and expose employees to more opportunities and promotions.
On the other hand, serious health and social issues tags along with this. People who work hard and long time, usually suffer with chronic stress, fatigue, high risk of heart disease and depression. Most of the time, mental health is worse than physical health. Employees distance themselves from families and loved ones, lack of healthy, time consuming relationships makes lives miserable. As Stanford researches said it causes to decrease the efficiency, work more than 50 hours a week. If we consider about the top ranking countries of the world on the list of people who live the happiest lives, Finland on 1st place, allowed maximum 40 working hours per week.
In my opinion, even though working long hours’ compliments in developing financial and carrier wise, in long term benefits maintain work-life balance is more important. Hence, as a conclusion, balanced work-life is the key to a successful life.