Running as a close second place, 34% claimed they waste time because they work too many hours.
With greater wealth, people in Asia may not have to work as many hours as they do now.
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In such cases, people who work in the office will conform to the social standard and work many more hours.
While innovations in technology make it possible for people to work many more hours, it also means employees are sometimes less efficient.
That was certainly my own experience as I struggled to work as many hours as possible while getting both my undergraduate and advance degrees while struggling to keep a roof over my head.
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Many work very long hours and receive little food, no time off and pay that is a fraction of any minimum wage, if it materialises at all.
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It then distributes the work to the lawyers on its books, who choose how many hours they want to work.
Like everyone out there I work too hard for too many hours a day.
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And many CEOs and employees like to brag about how little time off they take and how many hours they work per week.
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Peter Kenway, co-author of the report, said that the tax credits system was tackling the symptoms, not the root cause, of the issue that many people were not getting enough income despite doing many hours of work each week.
There have been stories about rookie bankers catching naps in utility closets just to show how many hours they can work.
Many long hours of work accomplished, you save it all and shut down the computer, planning on continuing after a good night's sleep.
How many hours do you work each week?
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Before you buy something, think about how many hours you had to work to pay for it.
According to the BMA, many now work in excess of 52 hours for the NHS each year but are paid for much less.
How many hours did you need to work to be able to afford this product, after taxes?
Silicon-based life forms now make short work of tasks that once took us many man hours to accomplish.
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Schedules may slip, other employees may have to work harder to pick up the slack, and many hours will be spent on recruiting a replacement.
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Many economists think that this is why Americans work longer hours than Europeans.
Many employers expect their employees to check emails and do work after hours to show their dedication to the company.
On the bright side, I have managed to produce a second child, work and have some amazing adventures - but I also see many lost hours spent endlessly repairing things.
Still, French labor law obliges the company to keep all the workers employed, which means many of them don't work more than a couple of hours a day, while still getting full salary, a situation that appeared to enrage Mr. Taylor.
Now they limit their time in work gloves to applying finishing touches mostly to free up as many hours as possible for prototyping.
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He said many people on benefits were in work, or did not get enough hours to work, which meant "we subsidise low pay in this country".
For a professional caregiver who wants to work more than 40 hours a week at the regular rate (and many do), that option evaporates when overtime pay is required.
Many prisoners are stunted and deformed from back-breaking work, 12 hours a day, seven days a week, with so little food that they eat rats and snakes, and pick through cow dung for grains of corn.
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Many small businesses offer extra vacation or personal days, or flexible work hours, but don't subsidize tuition.
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But nowadays many jobs are set up this way, with expectations that employees work grueling hours regardless of their gender.
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Dr Tonge said many women did not know that the pill could work for up to 72 hours after sex, not just the morning after.
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