The Top overworked cities of 2020

[The_King]

 

 

PEOPLE in Kuala Lumpur have the longest working hours and spend the most time commuting to work compared to any other city dwellers in the world, giving KL-ites the third lowest work-life balance globally, says a recent study.

According to the "Best Cities for Work-Life Balance 2020" study by US-based security specialist Kisi, Kuala Lumpur ranked 47th out of 50 major cities worldwide for qualities that make working and living easier.

Kuala Lumpur fared poorly on work intensity factors including hours worked plus commuting time (52 hours a week compared to 36.14 hours in Amsterdam) and having the fourth highest percentage of the workforce considered overworked at 21%. We also notched the fourth fewest vacation days offered at 8 days with many taking only 12 days off per year.

Kuala Lumpur also received the lowest happiness, culture and leisure score which affected its city liveability, including the lowest outdoor spaces score. The capital also scored low in the air quality scale (fourth lowest) and one can’t help but wonder how it would score if water quality was measured. As for affordability, city safety and stress, as well as in its wellness and fitness, KL was ranked average – but tilting more towards the bottom rung.

Social factors are other aspects that dragged Kuala Lumpur down the rankings: we scored lowest for social expenditure (15.87), healthcare (47.12), access to mental healthcare and inclusivity and tolerance.

“A lot of employers may have imagined that mass remote working would lead to employees slacking off without the watchful eye of management or the confines of the physical office, but this big shift during the pandemic has proven the opposite. Research is now showing that people are actually more likely to overwork themselves in order to prove their productivity and availability to higher ups when not at their regular desks: this so-called phenomenon of ‘Electronic Presenteeism’” Mehl commented.

“While remote working has a lot of benefits in terms of more flexibility and less commuting time, there is also a very real danger that employees slip into an unhealthy balance between 'working' and 'home' hours without the physical boundaries of the working environment. We wanted to bring attention to the issue of overworking in this work-life balance study once again because its something that while always a threat to peoples mental and physical well-being, seems more pressing than ever before.

 

 

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/focus/2020/11/15/work-life-balance-still-elusive-for-kl-ites

[ManOfTheHour]

expected to see Japan and SG at the top

[Standing Birdy]

Sinkies should be ashamed we are not number 1! Sinkieland must be number 1 in everything! Need to work harder to be number 1!!!!

 

[socrates469bc]

kgk xdd @HarrisY is rite!!!!!

 

work is for dkgk!!!!!!!

 

work smart, not hard.

 

work hard is really jin kumgong.

Edited November 16, 2020 by socrates469bc

[aaur4man]

KL overworked?

 

oh pulease

[HarrisY]

2 hours ago, socrates469bc said:

kgk xdd @HarrisY is rite!!!!!

 

work is for dkgk!!!!!!!

 

work smart, not hard.

 

work hard is really jin kumgong.

Tks for de shoutout kgk kk

I will alwiz live by my life motto

 

Werk ish for dkgks wahaha!