Young workers at investment bank Goldman Sachs have raised concerns over the hours they work each week and have warned they could quit unless matters are improved.
An internal survey among 13 first-year bankers found that they reportedly averaged 95 hours of work a week and slept for five hours a night, reported the BBC.
This has prompted the workers to ask for an 80-hour week cap, as the survey revealed that their personal relationships, as well as their physical and mental health had suffered as a result of long working hours.
The survey recommended maximum 80-hour work weeks with no work on Saturday or after 9pm on Friday.
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