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When workers’ lives outside work are more fulfilling, it benefits employers too

  • Written by Louis Tay, Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Purdue University
imageIf you never take a break, the extra hours of effort might not pay off.JGI/Tom Grill/Tetra images via Getty Images

Many employers are demanding more from workers these days, pushing them to log as many hours as possible.

Google, for example, told all its employees that they should expect to spend 60 or more hours in the office every week. Some tech...

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