Stress on the Job

by | Feb 18, 2022 | coaching, business, stress

       Perhaps it’s due to a boss who seems to be making unreasonable demands. Or it’s the result of a co-worker who seems to routinely pass her work onto you. Or maybe you’re in a profession where tension is great, such as medicine or law. While a little bit of stress on the job can be healthy, too much can be a killer—literally. It’s been shown that there appears to be a direct correlation between stress and heart disease. 

        As a result of this, it is important that you learn to deal effectively with stress on the job. This can be difficult, because a number of stress-inducing factors may be out of your control. For instance, you have no say in who your boss is or who your customers are.  You may not be able to determine when you start your day, or how much time you have for lunch. However, it is important for you to recognize that job stress is a serious health problem.

milos-denic-stress-on-the-job-1
Image from pexel.com

        The statistics tell the story.  A study conducted in 1999 discovered that we are working longer hours.  In fact, the average number of hours on the job has increased eight percent in just one generation—to 47 hours a week. One out of five of us works as much as 49 hours a week.  We are a nation of workaholics. This can cause a great deal of stress, not only on the job but on the homefront as well. A number of divorces are attributed each year to the workaholic syndrome.  To put things in perspective, consider this:  the average American works three months more each year than workers in Germany.  The U.S. leads the industrialized world in the number of hours worked. The workplace has become so competitive in the U.S. that some employees compare it to the reality TV program known as “Survivor.” 

Reducing stress on the job

        In order to help reduce your stress on the job, you need to make a realistic assessment of your hours. 

  • Is it possible for you to cut back and still perform your duties? 
  • Are you wasting time on the job that would be better spent at home? 
  • Can you delegate some of your duties to someone else in the office? 

If you design a more workable work schedule, you might find your job-related stress decreasing significantly.

milos-denic-stress-on-the-job-2
Image from pexel.com

       It is entirely possible that you will actually become ill working those extra hours.  Over a four-year period, from 1996 to 2000, the proportion of employees taking sick time due to stress rose by threefold.  Each day, as many as a million American workers have called in sick because they are under too much stress. This absenteeism is costing American companies money—and making workplaces less productive. 

Security of the job ads stress

         Americans are also feeling stressed out because they no longer think their jobs are secure. Over a ten-year period, the number of employees who were afraid they would become unemployed doubled.  And a survey conducted in the year 2000 discovered that half of all workers worried that they could lose their jobs.  The dot.com burst, corporate bankruptcies, and massive layoffs have scared the American workforce. With little job security, workers live in fear of being tossed onto the unemployment line.  A number of people have come to realize that they cannot expect to retire from the company for which they are now working.  Therefore, they may have little allegiance to their companies, resulting in stress for both bosses and employees.

      It would be wonderful if the economy could be changed so that long-term employment at a single company was still possible, but that may be wishful thinking. As a result, workers need to try to lessen their stress—knowing that they may be in a volatile position.  For many workers, this might mean making sure that they contribute to a 401-K plan so that they have money socked away for retirement. For others, it might mean starting their own businesses so that they do not have to rely on someone else for their employment. If you try to be proactive, chances are you will lessen your stress level.  You have to realize that you are ultimately responsible for your own fate. If you are in the driver’s seat, you will feel a sense of control which could lessen your stress level considerably.

milos-denic-stress-on-the-job-3
Image from pexel.com

Today, not just because of Covid, but because of conditions and the size of a paycheck, people are staying at home, quitting their jobs, changing to more satisfying jobs…

They are looking into jobs that bring more health and happiness instead of a bigger paycheck, and by that avoiding much-given stress. It will last much longer than previously thought and it will change the state of what we look out of a workplace.

Less stress more pay! Simple as that!

Hope you enjoyed the text, see you next!

Free First Talk

Schedule a call with me and let’s talk about possibilities of you becoming what you really need to be in your life.

New Organization life cycles

The organization's life cycle is crucial to understand for any business leader, startup, and owner. Organization life cycle in history Chasing and destroying wealth is the history of countries, civilizations, and corporations. If wealth could be maintained...

Registracija za Igre Kameleona

"Rana Prijava za Našu TV Emisiju: Tvoja Prilika da Sijaš" Da li si zaljubljenik u avanture, sportski fanatik, kviz virtuoz ili majstor u gejmingu? Imaš strast prema zabavi koja je iznad svih očekivanja? Ako jeste, imamo uzbudljive vesti za Vas! Naša nadolazeća TV...

Unlocking Your Potential: Introduction to life coaching

A Guide to Life Coaching is a comprehensive guide that helps individuals find their own unique path to personal growth and success. In this post, we are segmenting this guide into as many posts as needed to display it in full. You will learn about the principles and...

Šta je psihološka sigurnost?

Sposobnost interakcije sa drugima bez straha od negativnih posledica naziva se psihološka sigurnost. Drugim rečima, biti svoj nije skupo socijalno, emocionalno, politički ili monetarno. Psihološka sigurnost vam posebno omogućava da osetite: UključeniUčenje je bez...

Budućnost HR-a

BUDUĆNOST HR-a i predviđanje rada Budućnost HR-a su ljudi, tačka. Fokusirajte se na umnožavanje ljudskog iskustva na poslu, a ne samo na tehnološko repliciranje radnog iskustva – Poslodavci moraju biti jednako namerni da digitalno reprodukuju ljudsko iskustvo kao i da...

People are all one of a kind

All of us had a childhood fantasy job: astronaut, cowgirl, or particle scientist; ski instructor or firefighter; baseball player or firefighter; etc. As we get older, our experiences tend to restrict us from imagining things that are out of the ordinary. While this...

2027 Serbian President Elections are mine

This started way back in high school, in times of crisis as a rebel act to bad conditions, bad education, bad economy... Since then we have gone through better and worse times and experienced a lot of things that made us stronger. I have truly hoped that with every...

Organization life cycles – Adventurers

In the Age of the Adventurers, specialization, and expansion... “Insofar as a civilization grows and continues to grow, it has to reckon less and less with challenges delivered by alien adversaries and demanding responses on an outer battlefield, and more and more...

Organization life cycles – Barbarian

The Barbarian Age: Crisis and Conquest “To be a successful soldier, you must know history… What you must know is how man reacts. Weapons change, but the man, who uses them, changes not at all. To win battles, you do not beat weapons – you beat the soul of the enemy...

Organization Life Cycles – Prophet

Prophet and the Age of Invention Welcome back, if you have missed our first article about organization life cycles, go here... It is said that "reasonable men adapt to their surroundings; irrational men seek to change their surroundings to suit their own purposes." To...

Psychological Safety – Challenge

CHALLENGE How do you make others feel safe to challenge the status quo, innovate and improve things? 1. Remove your finger from the fear button. Fear triggers the instinct of self-censorship and causes people to retreat into silence and personal risk management. When...

0 Comments

Train the brain

and the body will follow. Pick an area in your life where you want to make powerful changes and

let's go...