BIZCHINA / Biz Life
White collar go into overdrive
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-05-10 13:45
According to a study from Beijing Normal University, 70 percent of
white-collar workers always work overtime. They now have a nickname of
"super model workers" because they work even harder than traditional
model workers.
Xu Yan, the professor from School of Psychology at Beijing Normal
University said the reason behind working 10 hours per day including
weekends is because of increasing social pressure. Said Beijing Morning
Post.
Xu has studied this subject for three years, which is why the study only
came out now. However, working overtime has become a recent phenomenon,
especially in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and
Guangzhou.
Job director, Che Ning explains, some white collars set a too high
expectations about their careers, which is another reason that leads to
super model workers. He also says white collars should think more about
striking a work-life balance.
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