Aside from being burned out, they might fall into serious health conditions. I remembered my co-worker before. He died because of pneumonia at that age of 19. I felt bad because he died so young.
Reasons to avoid excessive overtime at work
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That is serious. That is why I always tell people no matter the pay at work, once you start have health issues before of the work you are doing it is better to just leave. Because if anything should happen the company will just find a replacement and move on
I think that is a very good option that a business owner must take in order to sustain the business in the long run. It may actually not be easy at first.
I have seen this practically when I started working in production department, one employee was interested in doing overtime daily in late hours, few weeks he did it, after than on evening he fell on ground with bleeding from nose, so even over time must be done with limit.
I think it is always important people put their health into consideration whenever they are working. That way they will not overwork themselves.
Whenever you are working too much without taking enough rest it is always going to backfire and have your health complicated which will affect your job output.
We must avoid excessive overtime because it is not good for health. A body that lacks rest will be prone to ache and drop. So he has to get enough rest and just enough overtime.
In my country, overtime hours are limited to 3 hours per day and 14 hours a week, so the impact of excess overtime can be reduced. The negative impact of excess work overtime is that it can reduce the motivation of workers, employees will also be susceptible to disease because the body is unhealthy and weak.
Staying overtime at work may be highly praised by your boss. But does it favour you? Excessive overtime leads to so much mental and physical fatigue. Your mental health will get affected so much that it will even affect both your personal and work life.
I don't think the overtime thing would bother single people much but it would be a big strain on family persons. You have to weigh yourself well and see if the overtime would be the best option for you.
Like the saying goes, too much of everything is not good, working overtime regularly would definitely lead to frequent breakdown of the body system, because our bodies are like engines, when they are being overworked, they tend to uncontrollably malfunction thereby leading to absenteeism at work which would also lead to low productivity.
Everything in this world needs to be balanced out but in a situation where it tilts to one side, there is bound to be a problem. Too much overtime at work would take it's toll on the body sooner or later.
Employers would benefit by instituting policies meant to ensure that employees do not go overboard in taking up overtime work. Without such controls, an employer can easily find herself suffering damage resulting from employee burnout.
