Millions of high
flying executives are risking divorce as the long hours
they work play havoc on their
sex lives, a new study has found.
Ambitious professionals are sacrificing their personal lives and
ignoring their children because of the so-called "the extreme job".
Research, published by the Harvard Business Review, identifies this new
type of worker who regards a 10-hour day at work as part-time.
It is "wreaking havoc on private lives and taking a toll on health and
well-being", the research warns.
The research estimates 45 per cent of high-earning people working for
large global companies have "extreme jobs".
For starters, an extreme job involves working at least 60 hours a week,
although many work 100 hours or more.
The biggest losers are the spouses and families of workers with extreme
jobs.
Nearly half of men and women who took part in the international
research project said their jobs "interfere with having a strong
relationship with my spouse/partner."
At the end of a 12-hour or longer day at work, 45 per cent of all
respondents in the global companies survey are too tired to say anything
at all to their spouses or partners.
The same number said that their jobs, which involves regular travel and
evening entertainment, make it "impossible" to have a "satisfying sex
life."