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Tech execs are stressed out. Half are heavy drinkers and 45% take painkillers, a new study says (www.businessinsider.com)
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High stress and job insecurity have many tech executives turning to alcohol and controlled substances to cope, a new survey says.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Those numbers seem pretty high, but without comparison to workers in the tech sector as a whole and workers in the US as a whole, it's pretty useless data. This study does seem to show that these execs are using drugs at a much higher rate (if you trust the OP article methodology) than other information workers, but I don't think that should suprise anyone, since workplace stress is usual higher for execs. The other difference is that they have a lot more disposable income than most workers to spend on drugs and other coping mechanisms.