Technical Problems

Stresses at work. Causes of stress.

Stress is normal. Everyone feels stress related to work, family, decisions, your future, and more. Work can be a stressful place, wherever you earn your living, whether in an office, a factory, or a school. Some stress is good. It motivates us and makes us stronger. Too much stress is bad. It makes us irrational and we are about, quite literally, to kill somebody.

So, stress at work is a massive problem. Any stress can reduce employee well-being and it is well recognised that excessive or sustained work pressure can lead to stress. Occupational stress poses a risk to most businesses and compensation payments for stress are increasing. It is important to meet the challenge by dealing with excessive and long-term causes of stress. Some management surveys show that stress is one of the most important reasons behind long term sickness, absence from work. And stress-related absence is increasing.

So what are the causes of job stress? The most common cause of stress is usually a combination of things rather than one cause. Some combinations can cause severe stress and depression. A very bad combination is where someone is under a lot of pressure, but they also feel that they have no control and they feel unsupported.

Many corporations spend millions of dollars trying to relieve stress by offering bonuses, perks and seminars, but few ever address the real problems facing the office space.

Now I'll give some examples, which are, from my point of view, are the main causes of stress.

The Bad Boss

Ask 100 employees in various fields about their biggest cause of stress, and likely all of them will point to bosses who go crazy over simple mistakes, who scream and who don't know how to do their jobs.

Too Few People and Too Much Work

Ten people are needed to make something happen and there are only five people in the room. The doubling of workloads is one of the biggest causes of stress as people internalize their emotions to get gigantic jobs done.

Unsure Future

In good or bad times, questions about a company's stability always seem to cause stress in the workplace. People are worried if they will have a job the next day instead of focusing on the job at hand.

Bad Office Space

Quite simply, if a place looks like a dump on the inside (beaten up furniture, malfunctioning printers, outdated phones), then the staff is not going to be happy. That unhappiness ramps up the stress.

Technical Problems

Technical problems and not knowing how to fix them can cause numerous office headaches as people get angry over issues out of their control.

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