Lots of folks get tired at work. But the way fatigue affects one's work, and how one responds to fatigue, varies greatly by gender.
For instance, according to a survey by Red Bull and Glassdoor, women report being more tired at work than do the men, but the men admit to making more fatigue-related snafus on the job, by a 2-to-1 margin.
Glassdoor and Red Bull quizzed nearly 550 working adults about the toll being tired on the job takes on them. The high level finding: 48 percent said that being tired distracted them on the job. Other major distractions listed were personal communications, cited by 35 percent, and social media, at 19 percent.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
