I built my career being the person who turned around failing operations and projects. My jobs were really hard work and extremely stressful. It wasn’t until I wrote my article on men and work hours that I really started questioning why I (and the other women in the office) stayed in there and kept working while the men eventually gave up and left. In my article I wrote that men have a limit on the number of hours they really work and the amount of stress they could handle.
After doing a little research I learned that my experiences reflect how men and women handle stress differently. (more…)