Dying for a Paycheck, Jeffrey Pfeffer. The toll in both excess mortality and health-care costs from harmful workplace practice is exceedingly high in the U.S. Pfeffer demonstrates the severity of the issue by comparing health effects from work stressors to secondhand smoke exposures in a way that feels tangible. Provide a case study of a mock personal experience of an individual being impacted by long work hours and stress at a company.