Overall, most everyone could use a good night's sleep. Feeling tired and sleepy at work is a bigger problem than most people realize. And twice as many men as women confessed to dozing at their desks on company time. The experts say the reason we're sleepy isn't that we're bored or tired of our jobs. We're just plain tired.
Sleeplessness impairs the ability to make good judgments on the job.
Without sleep, our senses dull. Mistakes and accidents increase. The result is a work force that is severely sleep-deprived and dangerously sleepy every day. The transportation industry was one of the first to recognize the issue. Fatigue can impair performance.