Even though the official workweek has been pegged at forty hours for nearly half a century, many professionals believe they must work overtime and weekends to keep up. A 2015 study from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) discovered that nearly 12 percent of Americans are working fifty or more hours per week.2 In addition, a Conference Board study of the same year found that less than half of Americans are “satisfied” with their jobs.
