workplace stress
Workplace Stress
Workplace stress was unheard of in the simplistic era of the 1950s, which was considered one of the best times to live in America. Employment was at an all-time high, and one source of income was enough to support an entire family of four. People were secure with their employment. There was a clear separation between work and personal life; employers were not burdening employees with heavy workloads, and managers were supportive of their employees. American corporations were not fighting global competition and work related stress was not common.
However, in 2013 the simplistic America ceases to exist. Today’s corporations, small or large, are facing heavy pressure from like businesses around the world causing some to reduce their overhead cost by reorganizing, downsizing and laying off employees just to remain competitive. As a result, workplace stress is affecting companies worldwide. Although reducing the cost of labor has helped corporations remain competitive, it has generated a new problem for corporations, workplace stress. Due to continuous changes in the workplace, employees feel stressed. The causes of workplace stress have different variables, but the focus within this paper will be on the following three causes of workplace stress. First, the economic recession coupled with fewer jobs in the market has created a sense of job insecurity. Second, employees are dealing with heavier workloads. Finally, managers are unsupportive of their employees. Two solutions for combating two of the three causes of stress are by management participating in stress training, and by employees separating themselves from work and partaking in hobbies, exercises and other extra curricular activities. Job insecurity is something that companies will struggle with in today’s economy.
Job insecurity is becoming one of the biggest forms of workplace stress due to the economic recession, increase in unemployment, contingent workers, downsizing, de-layering and
Workplace stress was unheard of in the simplistic era of the 1950s, which was considered one of the best times to live in America. Employment was at an all-time high, and one source of income was enough to support an entire family of four. People were secure with their employment. There was a clear separation between work and personal life; employers were not burdening employees with heavy workloads, and managers were supportive of their employees. American corporations were not fighting global competition and work related stress was not common.
However, in 2013 the simplistic America ceases to exist. Today’s corporations, small or large, are facing heavy pressure from like businesses around the world causing some to reduce their overhead cost by reorganizing, downsizing and laying off employees just to remain competitive. As a result, workplace stress is affecting companies worldwide. Although reducing the cost of labor has helped corporations remain competitive, it has generated a new problem for corporations, workplace stress. Due to continuous changes in the workplace, employees feel stressed. The causes of workplace stress have different variables, but the focus within this paper will be on the following three causes of workplace stress. First, the economic recession coupled with fewer jobs in the market has created a sense of job insecurity. Second, employees are dealing with heavier workloads. Finally, managers are unsupportive of their employees. Two solutions for combating two of the three causes of stress are by management participating in stress training, and by employees separating themselves from work and partaking in hobbies, exercises and other extra curricular activities. Job insecurity is something that companies will struggle with in today’s economy.
Job insecurity is becoming one of the biggest forms of workplace stress due to the economic recession, increase in unemployment, contingent workers, downsizing, de-layering and