Workplace Stress
Workplace stress is on the increase and this means rises in stress related absenteeism, stress related litigation and a decrease in company productivity for employers.
Workplace stress can be caused by work pressure, office politics, ill health, issues at home or a combination of any of these factors. It is therefore important for employers to be capable of identifying affected employees and assisting them in making a swift and permanent recovery, for both the good of their company and their employees.
The affected employee is not the only person who suffers whilst experiencing workplace stress; their absence can have profound negative affects as other employees' workloads are increased causing low morale and sometimes even aggression.
It is therefore vital that employers have in place a clear policy and a proven curative resource to cope with and eliminate workplace stress and communicate the availability of this structured programme of recovery to all employees.
Of course, workplace stress still has negative connotations amongst les informed individuals and sufferers are often considered weak which can reflect on employment prospects and promotions, not to mention their perceived position in the business setting. It is also vital to consider employee morale; people suffering from workplace stress can also perceive their condition as weakness which can often have a profound effect on self esteem.
Workplace stress is actually a condition of perception; the sufferer responds to their work/life pressures with stress when they feel unable to discover a more appropriate response. Whether a person sees the challenges life throws at them, including workplace stress, positively or negatively is decided by a number of factors including genetics, life experiences and mood but they can be trained to react more appropriately to these stressors.
If a person has developed physical symptoms of workplace stress such as high anxiety, depression, panic attacks or phobias, including all of the physical symptoms associated with those conditions, they must separately address those issues with a structured programme of anxiety elimination.
Stress Away not only provides stress elimination through a structured and confidential stress elimination programme and support help lines, but also gives clients direct access to our corporate workplace stress and anxiety elimination programs with unlimited telephone and email support from our qualified occupational psychologists and counsellors.
Workplace stress need not impact on your employees or your company; let us take care of stress whilst you take care of business.