{"id":33308,"date":"2017-05-23T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T11:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.expresspros.co.za\/?p=33308"},"modified":"2017-05-23T13:51:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T11:51:59","slug":"lack-sleep-killing-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/lack-sleep-killing-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Lack Of Sleep Killing Your Career?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Express Employment Professionals<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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According to the National Sleep Foundation, many workers don\u2019t get proper sleep and feel tired throughout the day. Chronic drowsiness and sleep deprivation cause many people issues at work, and many say they feel their work is \u201csub-par\u201d because of it.<\/p>\n

A 2008\u00a0Sleep in America<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>poll discovered that 29 percent of employees polled admitted to falling asleep or becoming \u201cvery sleepy\u201d at work during the previous month. An additional 12 percent said sleepiness caused them to be late to work within the last month.<\/p>\n

Swing shift workers, those who juggle multiple jobs and people with irregular work hours seem to be the hardest hit by sleep issues. Chronic sleep deprivation is also tied to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and depression.<\/p>\n

Chronic Issue
\n<\/strong>Sleep is often the first thing people give up when faced with heavy workloads, parenting responsibilities, irregular work schedules and time-consuming challenges. The same NSF poll of sleep habits and the workplace found that while workers said they needed an average of seven hours and 18 minutes of sleep per night to be at their best the next workday, they reported an average of six hours and 40 minutes.<\/p>\n

Even modest amounts of sleep loss accumulate over time, so a few nights of poor sleep can have a major impact on daily functioning, according to the NSF.<\/p>\n

Loss of sleep isn\u2019t just an inconvenience either. In high-risk fields such as medicine, the NSF discovered that when on-call residents work overnight, they have \u201ctwice as many attention failures, commit 36 percent more serious medical errors and report 300 percent more medical errors that lead to death than those who work a 16-hour shift.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tell-tale Signs That Lack of Sleep Is Affecting Your Career
\n<\/strong>Sleep deprivation can lead to \u201ctremendous emotional problems,\u201d according to Dr. Steven Feinsilver, the director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.<\/p>\n

Signs that employees are suffering from sleep problems include increased hunger, weight gain, memory problems, difficulty in making decisions, reduced motor skills, emotional fluctuations, poor vision and frequent illness.<\/p>\n

These symptoms can lead to consequences that have a major impact on your career.<\/p>\n

Quick Tips to Get More Sleep<\/strong><\/p>\n

Employees who have these symptoms or think that lack of sleep is hurting their performance can take steps to reverse the trend.<\/p>\n