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Although countries with long average working hours are economically successful, this often has some negative social consequences. To what extent do you agree or disagree

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In some countries working long
hours
 is regarded
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 norm. Economic success resulting from long industry
hours
 comes at a price for families, people’s health and may contribute to lower birth rates. In my opinion, the long term consequences are too grave to ignore and an effort must be made to reduce long working
hours
. The most serious effect of working long
hours
 is putting employee's health at risk, causing early retirement of even premature deaths. When working long
hours
 it is often hard to adhere to a healthy lifestyle like finding
time
 to sleep, relax and exercise. An unhealthy lifestyle can lead to various kinds of ailments like; heart disease, diabetes, liver problems etc. Being constantly overworked can cause psychological stress like burnout, depression, and suicide. All these health problems could cost the organizations financially. Another problem is the workforce's limited
time
 for social contacts and their families. Long working
hours
 reduces the
time
 spent
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 other human interactions and spending
time
 with their families. If women have less
time
 to socialize and settle down with regards to marriage, the chances of pro-generation are reduced,
therefore
, the birth rate of a country would reduce due to
this
 problem.
For example
, Japan has been said to be a country that condones long working
hours
therefore
,
this
 has been considered to be the causative factor of
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 birth rate that the nation of Japan suffers
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this
 day. A low birthrate might leave a culture with an
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 population and results in many hard to solve problems. To sum it all, I believe that the advantages of long working
hours
 are short-lived. The negative effects are a burden to culture. It would be beneficial if governments and companies understand the long-term cost and limit long industry
hours
 to short-term overflow industry.
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