What are the causes of work addiction?
There are three main causes for work addiction: Job environment. There are certain industries (Big 4 Accounting), organizations (Accenture), and certain job roles that have an increased risk for work addiction. Organizations that claim to be huge advocates of work/life balance are typically breeding grounds for workaholics. The mere presence of such a program within a corporation is an excellent sign that perhaps a large portion of their workforce has no balance. Similar to weight watchers programs at corporations like 3M. Genetics/Personality. There is a group of people that have a genetic predisposition to working more hours. This also happens to be the same group of people that are complete pansies in every aspect of their lives. They are incapable of saying “no” and this results in 48 agonizing years leading to their eventual stress induced heart attack. Personal Life. A large faction of workaholics actually have no responsibilities outside of work. They fill this gigantic void by