Feeling sleepy throughout the day can be common for people who are not getting enough quality sleep at night. The persistent groggy state makes you feel as though you are dragging your body around and that your mind is in a constant state of brain fog.
On top of sleep deprivation affecting your mood and leading to health issues, a survey by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has shown that it can also lead to dips in productivity at work. According to findings, 70 percent of adults surveyed said that not getting a good night’s sleep hurts their general level of work productivity.
At the CES 2025, the annual electronics trade show held in Las Vegas, the NSF’s survey results suggested that employees with poor sleep are bad for business. Two-thirds of the survey participants said that they have difficulty handling their growing workload and avoiding mistakes when they have had insufficient sleep.
Dr. Joseph Dzierzewski, the National Sleep Foundation senior vice president of research and scientific affairs, is urging employers to factor sleep into their employee wellbeing checks. He said: “Whether an organization employs 20 people or 200,000, focusing on sleep health and safety in their own community of colleagues can benefit performance and productivity at work and in daily living.”
As businesses are still trying to fully recover from the pandemic, it seems like now would be the best time to start noticing that well-rested employees will bring better performance, quality and productivity to companies and businesses.
The survey report said: “Not getting healthy sleep has a real, meaningful, negative impact on the workplace and employees. Over 50 percent of people indicated poor sleep has a negative impact on their general work productivity, including working required hours, not making mistakes at work, and being able to interact appropriately with others at work.
The online survey consisted of 1372 adult participants in the U.S., who were asked questions about how not getting enough sleep affected their ability to work. Findings found that lack of sleep had a negative impact on a their ability to:
- Work the required number of hours (55 percent of respondents)
- Get going at the beginning of the day (72 percent)
- Think clearly (69 percent)
- Do work carefully (58 percent)
- Interact with people in person, in meetings, or on the phone (47 percent)
- Control their temper in front of people (48 percent)
This survey shows that if the workers aren’t able to snooze, then the company will lose.
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