Cultural Differences – Working To Live Or Living To Work

The United States is among the wealthiest countries in the world. Having a decent work-life balance is sacrificed for that label. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) created a scale from 1 to 10 measuring the quality of work-life balance in different countries. The United States scored a 5.3 while Switzerland scored a 7.2, scoring highly along with other European countries—Denmark came in first with a score of 9.8. Based on these scores, European countries seem to have a better a system in place in comparison to the United States. Only about 2 percent of employees in the Netherlands work long hours, less than eight hours per day. Workers set aside 67 percent of their day for personal time, while the United States sets aside less than 60 percent on average.

Negative Effects of Unhealthy Work-Life Balance:

Work life has increasingly grown to disrupt and conflict with family time. This conflict can occur in instances when someone prioritizes their work over their personal life. Issues can be created within families and can lead to stressful living situations. Poor work-life balance can also contribute to emotional instability due to the stresses of trying to balance it all. According to Erik Erickson, a famous psychologist, the fullest lives are those that master an inner balance between work, love, and play.

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