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

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, many individuals tend to
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long hours, without
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little
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leaving
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family and hobbies.
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essay will examine the advantages and disadvantages of
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statement and provide
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conclusion. The two main disadvantages of working long hours without spending
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to
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your family or leisure activities are deterioration of mental health and
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brightening
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relationships with your children and family.
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, if
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spend
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in
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a lot of
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, he will be stressed anyway. Hobbies and leisure activities may help and provide
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pillow
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to a person. Without any of
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individual can fall into depression with
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mental problems.
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, according to
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the research
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of
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Harvard University approximately 60 per cent of employees in
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States who do not have their own passion are most likely to fall into depression or even suicide.
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, because of strains of
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both
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female
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male, marriage could be divorced and relationships with children can blight.
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, according to Matt Davis from Toronto University about 26 per cent of marriages are divorced because of workload and lack of attention to children and their half. At the same
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, long hours at
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also
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have main advantages too,
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as career growth and social guarantees. Insurance for health,
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a guaranteed
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pension, salary and et cetera. All of
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this company
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these companies
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provide to their employees. Meanwhile, human
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beings
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if will
work
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hard enough can receive career growth. One
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illustration of
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is my father, he worked a lot at his company,
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and because
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of
his
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hard
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he received a job that provides him with
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salary and at the same
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he can spend enough
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with his family. To conclude,
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workload can have positive certain effects like career growth and social guarantees, it has
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bad
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influences
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to
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life
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the life
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of human
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beings
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like
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the deterioration
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of mental health and bad relations with family. To my way of thinking drawbacks
outweight
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outweigh
benefits
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the benefits
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