How to Stop Being a Workaholic
Do you think about work even when you’re at home? Do you routinely stay at your desk longer and later than you intended? Is your personal life or your physical health suffering because of how …
Tag: job stress
“Job Strain” Accounts for 14 Percent of Mental Illnesses Like Depression, Anxiety
Being stressed on the job can lead to depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses, and that’s bad for employees and employers alike.
Recently, we learned the stress associated with American workplaces leads to 120,000 deaths …
5 Tips For When You Have to Say No at Work (Without Alienating the Boss)
Do you feel stretched too thin at work? If the quality of your work – or your quality of life – is suffering because you’re overloaded, it might be time to pull back a little. …
Heavy Workload? Try These 7 Tricks to Save Time
Sometimes a heavy workload can’t be avoided. But, there are ways to save time and still produce the highest quality work.
Do you ever worry that you’re working too hard? Although work stress should be curtailed before …
The Right Way to Talk to Your Boss About Your Work-Related Stress
Originally written by Kelly Poulson for Fairygodboss
Let’s face it: work can be stressful sometimes. Or a lot of times. And when you’re feeling overwhelmed, it impacts you, whether or not you notice. Often you’re not in …
Manage Job Stress to Help With High Blood Pressure Under the New Guidelines
You might not need to pop a pill just yet.
If you’re one of the millions of people who now are labeled hypertensive under the new blood pressure guidelines, and your doctor is on board, you might …
Tech’s Culture Problem Will Make You Question the Value of a 6-Figure Salary
Tech jobs famously offer impressive paychecks, especially at top employers like Amazon, Google, Facebook, etc. But a spate of stories in recent years has drawn attention to one downside of working on tomorrow’s hot new app …
How Highly Do You Value a Good Paycheck vs. Mental Well-Being?
This week on Reddit, Phoenixfighter09 talks to the /f/personalfinance community about his current job situation. Unhappy, stressed out, and exhausted from toxic co-workers, he's debating quitting his job of six months and taking a massive pay cut in hopes of pursuing his real passion while also salvaging his mental health and personal relationships. Should he stick it out or should he quit? Let's unpack the details in this all-too-common scenario.
Do You Have ‘Career Compulsive Disorder’?
Raise your hand if your lunch breaks consist of sitting at your desk, scarfing down food, and pounding away on your keyboard trying to get through emails. Turns out, you're not alone. According to Gallup's Work and Education Survey findings, adults working full-time in the U.S. spend an average of 47 hours per week plugging away at their jobs, and nearly four in 10 say they work at least 50 hours per week.
The 5 Most Stressful Food Service Jobs
There's a reason the great Tina Fey once said that her job producing, writing, and starring in 30 Rock was less stressful than "managing a Chili's on a Friday night." The job is set up to encourage stress: everything you have to do needed to happen five minutes ago, it's a multitasking nightmare, and you're dealing with the public. Often, the public is hungry. Always, the public seems to have gone out to eat because they're not allowed to abuse their families at home. You get the idea: food service is stressful.
Stop Complaining About Being Overworked, Unless You Live in One of These 5 Countries
Americans may think they’re being overworked, but a new study shows that they’re just being a bunch of wimps compared to professionals in these five nations.
Job Stress Is Killing Your Career and Your Health
As if you didn't already know, the costs of job stress are high when it comes to both your personal and your professional life. We’ll take a look at what some of the most stressful jobs are in America, and also provide ways to cope with the strain of your 9-to-5.