[2019·河南省高考适应性测试]Every year between  May and  September,  all 54  employees of    Basecamp, a Chicago­based web application company, have a short work    week: just four days － a total of 32 hours. Also, they usually work five days    a week for the rest of the year.

         “That's plenty of time to get great work done. This is all we expect and    all we want from people，” says Jason Fried, a co­founder. “Working 50­，  60­， or 70­plus hours is unnecessary. In fact, if you have to work 50­， 60­，   or 70­plus hours a week, there's a management problem.”

         The company's summer workload must fit reduced hours, Mr. Fried    insists, otherwise the benefits of a shorter week — to recover from work,   enjoy time with family and pursue (追求) outside interests — would be    undone.

       His new research finds that it is not just long hours that are harmful to   employees' physical and mental health. It is also the intensity (强度) of   work. Moreover, it suggests that intense work harms career prospects. That   is because unbearable hours and intensity are in the opposite direction,   reducing the quality of the work.

       The research concludes that the level of intensity we apply to the work  we do is generally “a stronger predictor of unfavorable outcomes than  overtime work”．

       The research compared people of similar jobs and education levels, and  found they were more likely to suffer poorer happiness and worse career  prospects, including satisfaction, security and promotion, when they worked  at an intense level for long periods.

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