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HR most likely profession to be kept awake at night

HR most likely profession to be kept awake at night

It’s in the nature of an HR professional to care about people and their job; however, workplace anxieties are contributing to HR being kept up at night.

According to new research by Time4Sleep, 93% of HR professionals admit to being unable to sleep due to being affected by worries about work.

The study of 1,000 workers across a variety of industries, found that the sleep of HR staff is being disturbed by work woes the most, with 13% admitting that they hit their snooze button eight times on average before getting out of bed.

Other professions being affected by work-induced insomnia included marketing employees (89%), doctors/nurses/dentists (88%), lawyers (87%) and artist/designers (85%).

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