STRESSED-OUT WORKERS LOSING SLEEP
Irregular shift patterns and stress at the job causes the average worker to miss out on nine hours of sleep per week. Over a lifetime, the average worker loses seven years of sleep. That's the conclusion of a survey of two thousand adults in 25 professions by the Travelodge Hotel chain. Doctors lose the most amount of sleep of any profession. They average 5.6 hours of sleep per night instead of the recommended eight. That works out to losing two nights of sleep a week, or 13 years over their working life. Here's a rundown of the average amount of sleep per night people in various professions receive:
- Doctor - 5.6 hours
- Company Executive - 5.8
- Train engineer - 6
- Emergency services worker - 6.2
- Skilled serviceman (Plumbers, electricians, etc) - 6.2
- Nurse - 6.3
- Taxi driver - 6.3
- Shift worker - 6.3
- Housewife - 6.5
- Armed Services Personnel - 6.5
- Day laborer - 6.8
- Retail worker - 6.9
- Bar/restaurant worker - 6.9
- Truck driver - 6.9
- Government worker - 7
- IT manager - 7
- Self-employed - 7.1
- Call center personnel - 7.3
- Hotel and resort worker - 7.4
- Mechanic - 7.6
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