Credit Crunch
Money worries and the credit crunch biting is driving a wave of sleep deprivation across the UK workforce. Twenty two million (75%) workers admitted getting less than the prescribed eight hours of sleep each night of the working week.
Topping the professional’s sleep deprivation poll are Estate Agents, who are only getting five hours and 50 minutes sleep a night -more than two hours less than the daily recommended sleep quota. It seems the stress of a house price nosedive and slump in the market is certainly taking its toll on these professionals.
The Travelodge study of over 4,000 British workers revealed that the two professions facing rocketing fuel prices - lorry and taxi drivers - were the next two groups missing most ‘shut eye’ sharing an average of just six hours and 16 minutes a night.
Another economy-hit profession claimed third position, bankers, who manage just six hours and 23 minutes of sleep. Builders and accountants complete the top five, with both getting six hours and 24 minutes of sleep.
The research also identified more than a third (38%) of the UK workforce claims they just cannot switch off from work at any time. For 23% of workers, their first thought of the day will be about their job and 32% of employees will drift off to sleep thinking of work.
That will be us mothers then, or homemakers working 24/7. Sleep? What’s that when you have children?
Jackie Violet – Female First