Many people work long hours, leaving very little time for leisure activities. Does this situation have more advantages or more disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

These days, most of the people tend to stretch their working hours because either the employer demands to do so or they do it to earn overtime pay, leaving hardly any

time

for leisure activities. While they think it increases their

productivity

, I believe that it has a detrimental impact on both

employee’s

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employee

productivity

and their

health

. Because of the growing competition, some employers ask their employees to

work

overtime in order to increase the

productivity

of their company.

However

, longer working hours for several weeks, makes the employees tired and less motivated to

work

. Both our body and our mind

needs

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need

to be regularly rejuvenated, and spending some leisure

time

playing a sport, pursue their hobbies or simply relax with their families helps them to do so. If they are unable to do these activities, they are less focused and do not enjoy their

work

, which ultimately reduces their

productivity

. Another point to consider is the overall

health

and well being of the employees. When they

work

for longer hours and do not spend

time

to relax or to do what makes them happy it increases their stress level. People should get some free

time

to relax with friends and family and

also

to pursue their hobbies so that they are happy and motivated. Scientific studies have

proved

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proven

that stress is a major contributing factor to most of the

health

issues. In conclusion, I believe that longer working hours have negative consequences on people’s

health

as well as the

productivity whereas

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productivity, whereas

spending

time

on leisure activities

such

as playing sports or going out with family keeps people happy, motivated and more productive.