The available evidence strongly suggests that, in fact, long hours on the job are not associated with lessened involvement in civic life or reduced social trust. Quite the reverse: results from the General Social Survey show that employed people belong to somewhat more groups than those outside the paid labor force. Even more striking is the fact that among workers, longer hours are linked to more civic engagement, not less.13 This surpris- ing discovery is fully consistent with evidence from the time budget studies. Robinson (1990a) reports that, unsurprisingly, people who spend more time at work do feel more rushed, and these harried souls do spend less time eating, sleeping, reading books, engaging in hobbies, and just doing nothing. Compared to the rest of the population, they also spend a lot less timewatching television-almost 30% less. However, they do not spend less time on organizational activity. In short, those who work longer forego "Nightline," but not the Kiwanis club, "ER," but not the Red Cross.