· Habitual overtime hurting health, survey finds
· 57% of managers now on short-term contracts
Britain's long-hours culture is causing a crisis of poor health and declining productivity among white-collar staff, according to research yesterday from the Chartered Management Institute.
Its survey of more than 1,500 managers found more than half were suffering from insomnia, muscular tension, constant tiredness and trouble with personal relationships.
The institute said the strain was starting to do serious damage to companies' profit margins. About 38% of managers said they had difficulty concentrating owing to poor health and 58% admitted being unproductive for at least 20% of their working time. But company directors remained oblivious to the causes of this flagging business drive because employees preferred to keep quiet about symptoms that might be interpreted as weakness or lack of commitment.
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