This can have ripple effects through the workplace and at home, where family members feel neglected or abandoned. Some children will rebel against workaholic parents while others will emulate them. Spouses meanwhile must cope with an absent partner and increasing sense of alienation. Most workaholics have no wish to change . After all, we live in a competitive society where the hardest workers are seen as stars of the office and rewarded accordingly with promotion and material success.
Many workaholics are also most comfortable when extremely busy .
For some, unplanned time and vacations can cause even more stress than their daily routine. The Internet is rife with self-assessment questionnaires to find out if you're a workaholic. If you answer yes to any of these questions, then you probably have workaholic tendencies. A site which doesn't take itself too seriously, offering games and jokes for the overworked as well as merchandise such as a clock with no hands, because 'it's always time to work', and a waving hand on a base, so you don't have to waste valuable time waving goodnight to your co-workers.