Mattress, Beds and Duvet Days
Investing in a mattress, beds and duvet days for employees may be more productive than making them work overtime.
Research shows that lack of sleep can impact on performance and judgement. Employers may do well in fact to think about investing in a mattress, beds and duvet days for their staff rather than pushing them to work to their limits. Although many bosses are concerned with maximising productivity, overwork can in fact be hugely counter productive as news stories from Japan illustrate. Japan in fact is one country that can teach employers lessons in why a mattress, beds and duvets could be better than the offer of overtime. A Toyota engineer died this year as a result of working too many hours according to a court hearing. Sudden death from overwork is known as 'karoshi' in Japan. The man averaged 80 hours of overtime a month. He was just 45 when he died.
Beds, Power Naps and Worker Productivity
The death is an extreme example, but employers may do well to consider investing in a mattress or beds for their staff offering them a power nap in the afternoon, rather than encouraging them to work longer hours. Sleep deprivation causes a power drain in the brain. Tired employees are more prone to suffering moments of slow responses with a drop in the ability to focus and concentrate. This is not only bad for companies and firms – it can be dangerous. Some employees need to be alert day or night – such as on-call doctors. Tiredness increases the risk of accidents and poor judgements can be damaging to firms reputations. Neuroscientists have discovered that our need for a good mattress and routine bedtime is greater than we may think – sleep deprivation also impacts on our ability to process what we see around us as the brain tries to shut down to give in to sleep.
Mattress Misery leads to 'Power Failure'
The effect of tiredness has been dubbed as creating a 'power failure' in the brain, where for a moment, the brain simply shuts down. Employers looking to safeguard their staff's productivity and well being would do well into ensuring they don't over-work their staff. In fact, ditching the boardroom for beds and a comfy mattress could help boost their creativity, energy levels and attention spans. Power naps can be highly effective in combating sleep deprivation. The problem of sleep deprivation and work is so big, a new trend dubbed 'junk sleep' has been blamed. The problem of workers not getting enough quality sleep on their mattress and beds is thought to cost the economy millions as exhausted workers take days off work.
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