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The pressure to perform can lead to long hours, often at the expense of a personal life.
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Jack Kelly, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
The midlevel-management jobs involve long hours and traveling among the stores to check on inventory, supervise staff and deal with customer feedback, according to a job description.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
His father was a carpenter who worked long hours, and his mother took care of their home and six children.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
On a video about how people in China’s tech industry work long hours, commenters in the United States shared their job schedules working on oil rigs, in hospitals and at Taco Bell.
—Meaghan Tobin, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jack Kelly, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
The midlevel-management jobs involve long hours and traveling among the stores to check on inventory, supervise staff and deal with customer feedback, according to a job description.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
His father was a carpenter who worked long hours, and his mother took care of their home and six children.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
On a video about how people in China’s tech industry work long hours, commenters in the United States shared their job schedules working on oil rigs, in hospitals and at Taco Bell.
—Meaghan Tobin, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Long hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20hours. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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