Many people are working longer and longer hours. What are the reasons and effects?
It is true that people are tending to spend more and more time at their work. There are a number of reasons for this trend, but I believe that the effects may be damaging to health and family life.
There are two major reasons why people are at risk of becoming workaholics. Firstly, few people now have a steady job, and they willingly accept a heavy workload because they fear that they may be made redundant. As many companies make cutbacks in the number of their employees, work becomes more labour-intensive and working hours increase. Secondly, many people are working longer simply in order to earn a living and support their families. While minimum wages are stagnant in countries such as the USA, for example, the cost of everyday necessities increases all the time.
The harmful effects on health and family life are serious. Overworking is detrimental to health. Exhausted employees are less alert to rules of health and safety in the workplace, for instance when operating potentially dangerous machinery or using hazardous substances. Working long hours results in physical fatigue and may also lead to mental health problems. In terms of family life, the more time that is spent working, the less time there is for parental involvement in raising children. Having a close-knit family is incompatible with long hours at work, especially in a single parent household in which part of the wages are used to pay for child-minding.
In conclusion, while there are clearly some reasons which explain this current trend, it is also clear that the consequences may have a negative impact on individuals and their families.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, if, may, second, secondly, so, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 7.85571142285 51% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 24.0651302605 71% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 41.998997996 71% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 8.3376753507 24% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1361.0 1615.20841683 84% => OK
No of words: 271.0 315.596192385 86% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0221402214 5.12529762239 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.05734859645 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72341222912 2.80592935109 97% => OK
Unique words: 154.0 176.041082164 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.568265682657 0.561755894193 101% => OK
syllable_count: 426.6 506.74238477 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 5.43587174349 37% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.2975951904 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.7699112242 49.4020404114 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.2142857143 106.682146367 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3571428571 20.7667163134 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.0 7.06120827912 127% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.67935871743 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.9879759519 176% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.237743459367 0.244688304435 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0761016195319 0.084324248473 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0782021860354 0.0667982634062 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.128285738641 0.151304729494 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0854810023476 0.056905535591 150% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.0946893788 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 50.2224549098 104% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.3001002004 95% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.4159519038 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.66 8.58950901804 101% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 78.4519038076 89% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 9.78957915832 77% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.1190380762 95% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, if, may, second, secondly, so, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 7.85571142285 51% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 24.0651302605 71% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 41.998997996 71% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 8.3376753507 24% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1361.0 1615.20841683 84% => OK
No of words: 271.0 315.596192385 86% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0221402214 5.12529762239 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.05734859645 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72341222912 2.80592935109 97% => OK
Unique words: 154.0 176.041082164 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.568265682657 0.561755894193 101% => OK
syllable_count: 426.6 506.74238477 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 5.43587174349 37% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.2975951904 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.7699112242 49.4020404114 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.2142857143 106.682146367 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3571428571 20.7667163134 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.0 7.06120827912 127% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.67935871743 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.9879759519 176% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.237743459367 0.244688304435 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0761016195319 0.084324248473 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0782021860354 0.0667982634062 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.128285738641 0.151304729494 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0854810023476 0.056905535591 150% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.0946893788 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 50.2224549098 104% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.3001002004 95% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.4159519038 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.66 8.58950901804 101% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 78.4519038076 89% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 9.78957915832 77% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.1190380762 95% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.