Don't call me. Just a few more minutes. Source: ThinkStock
YOU already know you should be getting seven to nine hours of shut-eye a night.
But are you?
Probably not.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30 per cent of employed adults clock less than that, and the results aren't pretty.
Not only does lack of sleep hamper long-term productivity, it can ravage your skin and your sex drive.
Too early? Go back to sleep. Source: Supplied
Fortunately, Dr Mathias Basner of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine might have a solution.
After analysing 124,517 American adults' sleep and work habits, as recorded in the American Time Use Surveys from 2003 to 2011, he and his colleagues determined all you need is to start your day later, or at least make the start time more flexible.
The research was published online in the journalSleep.
"Results show that with every hour that work or educational training started later in the morning, sleep time increased by 20 minutes," explains the research release.
"Respondents slept an average of only six hours when starting work before or at 6am and 7.29 hours when starting work between 9am and 10am."
Sleep. We can't get enough of it. Picture: Thinkstock Source: News Corp Australia
Self-employed respondents fared even better, obtaining "significantly more sleep than private sector employees" and becoming 17 per cent less likely "to be a short sleeper."
Clearly, flexible schedules could make people feel better at work, though not everyone's convinced of their merit.
Allowing team members some wiggle room when it comes to when (and where) they work has been proven to help attract and retain top talent.
But it doesn't mean much if senior leadership isn't involved in the effort, according to research firm Mercer.
Working hard and not sleeping enough? Sleep more. Pic: Thinkstock. Source: Supplied
A study published in Academy of Management Journal offers a reason: "managers often interpret a person's use of flex work options as a signal of high or low job commitment," writes Time's Nanette Fondas.
Specifically, "if a boss attributes an employee's need for flex to personal-life reasons like child care, as opposed to job performance enhancement reasons like acquiring new skills, the boss tends to assess the employee as less committed and less deserving of career rewards such as raises and promotions."
Still, who can argue with better performance at work? A pro-sleep culture is healthy for everyone.
This article originally appeared in Slate and was reproduced with permission.
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