You increase the risk of depression the more you do this one thing at work

You increase the risk of depression the mora you do this one thing at workYou increase the risk of depression the more you do this one thing at workIs it just you and the office cleaners again? Amerisleep polled 1,188 workers, 90% of which have stayed late at work by at least 15 minutes, and75% say theyve had a job thats asked too much of them.Working late is common and often necessary 66% of employees polled work late sometimes or often.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and morePeople tolerate it to an extent. Respondents consider oneday a week working late and 29 minutes overtime acceptable.Too much more may bum you out.The results of a study published inPLoS ONEin 2012 suggest that people who regularly work more than 11-hour days had over twice the chances of developing major depression, compared to employees who worked about eight hours a day.A full 82% of respondents were asked, or pressured, by a manager to work late. Of those who felt pressure, to work late, 69% felt that their job was at risk if they didnt do it.Work smarter, not longer?You may not even perform your best working late. According to a study, its easier to get stressed in the evening, because your body releases less cortisol the bodys stress hormone in the evening, as opposed to the morning.The culture of working overtime slides into home life. Respondents said working late caused them to break promises to their spouse (56%), friend (55%), or child (48%). Because of working late66% spent less time spent with family61% spent less time spent with spouse53% spent less leisure time at homeResearchers at Cornell Universityfoundthat 10% of employees working more than 50 hours a week had serious issues at home. That percentage rose to 30% when they worked more than 60 hours.Working late had a negative effect on the emotional well-being of 57% of workers, and the physical well-being of 54% of them.A well-knownstudy following over 10,000 civil servants in London found that overtime work is bad for the heart people who worked three or more hours longer than a seven-hour day had a 60% higher risk of heart-related problems such as death due to heart disease, non-fatal heart attacks, and angina.Of course, you dont even want to know what terrible overtime-related malady they have in Japan karoshi, or death from overwork.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from jngste im bunde Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people