Extreme jobs: the dangerous allure of the 70-hour workweek.

摘要: Today's overachieving professionals labor longer, take on more responsibility, and earn than the workaholics of yore. They hold what Hewlett Luce call "extreme jobs", which entail workweeks 60 or hours have at least five often characteristics-such as tight deadlines lots travel--culled from authors' research this work model. A project Hidden Brain Drain Task Force, a private-sector initiative, consists two large surveys (one high earners across various professions in United States other high-earning managers multinational corporations) that map shape scope such jobs, well focus groups in-depth interviews get extreme workers' attitudes motivations. In article, consider their data relation to increasing competitive pressures, vastly improved communication technology, cultural shifts, sweeping changes made high-stakes employment prominent. What emerges is complex picture all-consuming career-rewarding many ways, but not without danger individuals society. By large, don't feel exploited; they exalted. strong majority them States-66%-say love global companies survey, figure rises 76%. The suggests, however, women are disadvantage. Although shirk pressure responsibility work, matching logged by male colleagues. This constitutes barrier for ambitious women, it also means employers face real opportunity: can find better ways tap talents who will commit hard cannot put over-long days.