Dept. of Labor There are over 37 million executive and/or managerial people in the US alone. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2006 study reveals there are 2.1 million top executives in the US.
Same study reveals of that number, 402,000 are CEOs. Financial: The book Top Grading states it costs a company 24 to 40 times the annual salary to replace
an executive!
Xerox estimates it cost them $1.5M every time they lose an executive to death! Productivity: A study compiled that the average work week in the UK is 4 hours longer than the European
communities average, yet the average productivity is 25% less! Working longer hours does
NOT mean more output. I am NOT suggesting anything, just passing along the data.
Medical - Stress: Stress is NOW the #1 reason for sickness from work! That's right, #1 reason!!
2/3 of people who go to a physician report they have stress related problems!
9 of 10 companies report workers performance and productivity is undermined by stress-
related issues!
The New England Journal of Medicine suggests in a 1998 study that stress may contribute
to 85% of all medical problems! 85%!!
52% of executives will die of diseases related to stress according to the same study above.
The US Public Health Survey estimated in 1993 70-80% of Americans who visit a physician
each year suffer from a stress-related disorder. Medical - Heart Health:
People who get less than 5 hours of sleep 2 times per week are 300% more susceptible to
heart attack. They're overall rate of developing heart disease doubles!
Other interesting facts: 1 in 8 people who work long hours do so because they like they're job.
33% of people have sleepless nights because of work.
55% of people who suffer from work related stress are ill tempered at home
Back in pre-historic times a person had 1-2 adrenaline hits per day. Today, we get
30-50!
A Pitney-Bowes survey reports business professionals deal with an average of 204
messages a day between, voice & emails and memos.
