Lots of folks get tired at work. But the way fatigue affects one's work, and how one responds to fatigue, varies greatly by gender.

For instance, according to a survey by Red Bull and Glassdoor, women report being more tired at work than do the men, but the men admit to making more fatigue-related snafus on the job, by a 2-to-1 margin.

Glassdoor and Red Bull quizzed nearly 550 working adults about the toll being tired on the job takes on them. The high level finding: 48 percent said that being tired distracted them on the job. Other major distractions listed were personal communications, cited by 35 percent, and social media, at 19 percent.

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