Are you the one who tends to stay behind to power through your work or are you the one who stays behind but ends up just staring out the window without getting much done? Our debate topic this week is inspired by an article ‘Overworking is bad with robots waiting in wings’ by Stefan Stern that was published in the Views section of Gulf News last week. In his article, Stern argues that overwork and low productivity are a growing modern phenomenon and that other than just not achieving much, long hours can be detrimental to one’s health and family life.
The focus of this week’s debate is on overworking and whether it adds to low or high productivity?
These are the statements to be debated:
• Overworked employees are less productive.
• Working less hours is the secret to higher productivity.
• Overworking dulls creativity and problem solving skills.
Participants will be required to clearly state whether they are ‘for’ or ‘against’ the statement and provide their supporting arguments for the same.
If you would like to participate, send us a request at readers@gulfnews.com
