LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Sep 4, 2013) - Having a heavy workload, feeling undervalued, working to constant tight deadlines and having to deal with irritating colleagues are the top workplace pressures that are stealing one hour and 14 minutes of British workers' sleep every night according to a new sleep report out today.
The annual sleep and professions report conducted by Travelodge surveyed 2,000 British workers and reveals that British workers are having to survive on just six hours and 27 minutes sleep every night - which is one hour and thirty three minutes below the recommend sleep quota of eight hours of sleep per night.
Three out of ten workers have reported that they attain less sleep now in comparison to a year ago, whilst a fifth of employees regard sleep a luxury.
Listed below are the top ten most popular work related bedtime worries that are keeping British workers awake at night.
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Heavy workload
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Job dissatisfaction
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Feeling undervalued
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Irritating co-workers
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Job security
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Imminent deadlines
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Poor delegation
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Long hours
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Pay
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Quality of output
The report has revealed that workers within the banking profession have to cope with the least amount of sleep across the UK. On average banking workers are currently getting just five hours and 50 minutes shut eye every night. In addition they spend one hour and 40 minutes worrying about work between the sheets - with heavy workloads and job security cited as the two most common reasons for not being able to switch off and sleep.
Of the industries and professions polled, public sector workers are amongst the most likely of all to be kept awake by work anxiety. With cuts to the public sector coming on top of pay freezes and pension cuts, it comes as little surprise to find teachers, nurses and public servants dominating the list of worst sleeping professions.
As a result of bedtime blues, the average teacher gets just six hours and four minutes of sleep every night and nurses get just six hours and eleven minutes, with both professions citing heavy workloads, a feeling of not being valued and job dissatisfaction as top of their night time anxieties.
The table below highlights the nation's top ten most sleep deprived professions in the UK.
| Profession | Time spent asleep every night | Proportion of time in bed spent asleep | Time spent worrying about work instead of sleeping | ||
| Banking | 5 hours & 50 minutes | 69% | 1 hour & 40 minutes | ||
| Teaching | 6 hours & 4 minutes | 77% | 1 hour & 33 minutes | ||
| Nursing | 6 hours & 11 minutes | 74% | 1 hour & 26 minutes | ||
| Public Servant | 6 hours & 16 minutes | 76% | 1 hour & 21 minutes | ||
| Transport | 6 hours and 18 minutes | 72% | 1 hour & 19 minutes | ||
| IT | 6 hours and 21 minutes | 73% | 1 hour & 19 minutes | ||
| Construction | 6 hours and 25 minutes | 70% | 1 hour & 9 minutes | ||
| Retail | 6 hours and 27 minutes | 71% | 1 hour & 7 minutes | ||
| HR | 6 hours and 30 minutes | 78% | 57 minutes | ||
| Marketing | 6 hours and 36 minutes | 77% | 1 hour & 9 minutes |
The survey found that seniority in the workplace brings an ability to sleep for longer and to worry about work less. Of all the workers polled, senior managers get the most shuteye, sleeping for seven hours and 30 minutes each night - meaning that they spend 93% of their time in bed fast asleep - having put work out of their mind in just 11 minutes.