The Cost is High... When measuring the costs of poor BQOL, we can tie this back to our working definition of BQOL. Workplace or business forces that impair physical, and emotional health, and negatively impact social relationships, personal freedom carries a cost to overall quality of life. Said another way, costs of poor BQOL can be measured by their negative impacts to health, and negative impacts to social relationships, and personal independence.
Measuring BQOL...As business, corporations, and organizations in general attempt to maximize the production of their employees, one impact is more day, evening, and weekend hours spent working, and less time for relationships outside work, time spent with family, and spouses, and less personal independence. In a recent article in the Chicago Tribune, published July 25th, 2015, the 40 hour work week is called a thing of distant memory. In the same article, the Tribune refers to finds of Atlanta-based Premiere Global Services Inc. in the "Take Back 60" study. Findings of this study are:
The pressure to work longer hours leads to less time with friends, family, and less time with our significant others. This may lead to strained relationships, impacting family, and spouse. Over time this may also lead to personal frustration, and even depression. Regarding Depression, based on statistics collected in 2012, Healthline.com reports that 1 out of 10 Americans will deal with clinical depression at least once in their life. Healthline also reports that those diagnosed with depression increases about 20% per year. At any one time, over 80% of people that have clinical depression symptoms are not receiving specific treatment for depression. Healthline states that Health Care costs for those with depression, are over twice that of individuals who have no signs of depression. Next week we will look further into the root causes of poor BQOL, and how a Professional Coach can bring the Client to action to improve BQOL and quality of like in general.
Measuring BQOL...As business, corporations, and organizations in general attempt to maximize the production of their employees, one impact is more day, evening, and weekend hours spent working, and less time for relationships outside work, time spent with family, and spouses, and less personal independence. In a recent article in the Chicago Tribune, published July 25th, 2015, the 40 hour work week is called a thing of distant memory. In the same article, the Tribune refers to finds of Atlanta-based Premiere Global Services Inc. in the "Take Back 60" study. Findings of this study are:
- 88 percent of the 617 respondents who took the online survey last month said they work more than 40 hours a week.
- 71 percent said they work more than they prefer.
- 63 percent eat lunch at their desks.
- 61 percent commute more than 30 minutes each day, with nearly 25 percent clocking in at over an hour
The pressure to work longer hours leads to less time with friends, family, and less time with our significant others. This may lead to strained relationships, impacting family, and spouse. Over time this may also lead to personal frustration, and even depression. Regarding Depression, based on statistics collected in 2012, Healthline.com reports that 1 out of 10 Americans will deal with clinical depression at least once in their life. Healthline also reports that those diagnosed with depression increases about 20% per year. At any one time, over 80% of people that have clinical depression symptoms are not receiving specific treatment for depression. Healthline states that Health Care costs for those with depression, are over twice that of individuals who have no signs of depression. Next week we will look further into the root causes of poor BQOL, and how a Professional Coach can bring the Client to action to improve BQOL and quality of like in general.
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