Sleeping at work, or at least a
complete lack of focus due to little or no sleep, affects more
employees than most would have thought.
You are probably familiar with the situation
: You've had a massive night out, whether it was your best friend's
birthday or just a chance to catch up with old mates, you've been up
studying all night, or you just couldn't miss the 24 hour Gossip Girl
marathon - and when you arrive at work, you find it impossible to keep
your eyes open.
According to a study compiled by corporate
health specialist Health Works, which surveyed over 425 employers in
the field of occupational health and safey and also human resource
professionals, almost 63% of employees claimed they have had less than
the recommended 7 - 8 hours of sleep a night and are therefore sleep
deprived.
Furthermore, the survey showed that almost
four in five workers (78%) admitted to having felt too tired to perform
basic duties.
While no statistics were gathered to measure
the number of people who actually slept or fell asleep at work, one
fifth of employees said that staying up too late was their reason for
feeling fatigued at work.
Fool Proof Excuses When Caught Sleeping At Work
This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved about in that time management course
I was working smarter - not harder
Phew! I musta left the top off the white out/liquid paper
Oh, I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on our mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm
This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people
I was testing the keybord for drool-resistance
That cold medicine I took last night is strong - it just wont wear off
I'm actually doing a Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan (SLEEP) I learnt at the last mandatory seminar you made me attend
This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dremt about work
I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress
They told me at the blood bank this might happen
I thought you were gone for the day
I was testing my theory that studies the relationship between productivity and sleep. It'll need more testing...
The new secretary went bananas and tried to kill me, so I was playing dead to avoid her wrath
