I think that an interesting thing to add to this thread is that while many people put in extra hours to increase productivity, research shows that it can actually make you less productive. There are a lot of different studies and sources that discuss this. I attached the link of one for an example. According to the article attached, research at Stanford correlating hours worked to productivity found that “employee output falls sharply after a 50-hour work week and falls off a cliff after 55 hours-so much that someone who puts in 70 hours produces nothing more with those extra 15 hours”. Despite this fact, a poll showed “4 in 10 Americans said they work more than 50 hours every week and 2 in 10 more than 60 hours”. I believe sometimes putting in extra hours may be necessary to meet deadlines. However, I do not believe these circumstances should last throughout the entire work year. Not only is overworking making employees unhappy, but in most cases these studies are showing it is not leading to increased productivity anyways. However, I think that this is a hard fact to believe, therefore people continue to overwork to strive for more productivity.