Yes I believe that we are often expected to do more than we can and put in more hours and get less rest. We were designed to function and get rest and if we exclude either it affects how we feel and our well being as well as mental health.
But I would like to add that continued stress during our natural waking hours can also effect sleep and the quality of sleep. I think that if we face too many issues during the day that we are unable to complete, resolve, and feel overwhelmed than at night when our brains and even our bodies try to relax and recharge, that process is interupted by the daily stress. Thus by lack of a feeling of acomplishing whatever daily chore we address, we grow more and more restless and that can and does contribute to ongoing anger and frustration which in turn changes not only our behavior towards others but how we can effectively handle whatever we do for work.

One area that concerns many people is that many companies and businesses and even hospitals are operating with less personel to lower the overall costs. In doing so those employees that are left are often required to do more work than they can handle and often are overworked.
Because the unemployment rate is high many individuals opt not to complain as they are grateful to have a job at all. But they do suffer with the work overload and it is most likely that their mental and physical health is in jepordy.

Those that cannot find work or even get work, if they are self employed or own a small business, also have additional stress as they too are working more for less and the overhead is often still very high. So there too the daily stress effects the quality of sleep and even the amount of sleep necessary to function in a healthy mannor, physically and mentally.

I think this is an ongoing problem as it is leading many to become more unethical as they are experiencing too much stress and clearly not enough restorative rest.

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