The less sleep you get, the more likely you are to quit your job

The less sleep you get, the more likely you are to quit your jobThe less sleep you get, the more likely you are to quit your jobBeing tired has more of an impact on your job that you might realize not simply in lost productivity and diminished performance, but workplace satisfaction and whether or not to go looking for another job.Mattress review website The Sleep Judge surveyed over 1,000 Americans across various industries about sleep and work satisfaction.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreThe first interesting finding its a fine line between how much sleep makes someone happy or not. Respondents were satisfied with 7.3 hours of sleep, but dissatisfied with 6.1 hours.Lack of sleep leads to attritionTheres a link between lack of sleep and workers seeking other employment and also, the opposite is true as well.Only 21% of workers who were satisfied with the amount of sleep they got were searching for another job.However, 39% of workers who were dissatisfied with their amount of sleep were searching for another job.These sleepy job-searchers were highest in wholesale/retail, technology, and hotel, food services, and hospitality.The likelihood of an employee looking for work elsewhere went up per each day they came to work tired. Employeeswho came to work three days a week tired were 33.3% more likely to go looking for other employment people who worked six days a week tired were 52.8% more likely to seek other employment.The most satisfied with sleepHowever, the opposite is true as well. Employees who are rested arent looking to leave. Nearly four in five employees who are satisfied with their sleep are not looking for another job.Another discovery the higher up on the org chart a person was, the more satisfied that person tended to be with their sleep.Executive are 36% more likely to be happy with their sleep than entry-level employees. In fact, from entr y-level employees, who have the lowest sleep satisfaction (53.7%), sleep satisfaction only goes up from there from management (55.3%), to middle management (66.9%), to executive (76.9%).You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people