Sadly, top executivesare becoming comfortable with the leaner staff, and the work
is still getting done.”
The business pressures of the past several years have spread
throughout organizations, with the workload never decreasing and
layoffs leaving workers left behind to work even harder. “I tend to
work seven days a week, although the time per day varies from ten to
twelve hours during the week to two to six hours per day on weekends,” says a senior executive at a medium-sized company. “It’s hard
to imagine my job getting more intense.”