Saturday, March 13, 2010

Five steps to a stress-free working life


If you're suffering from high stress at work, try switching to a job that's more in tune with your needs.

Put your ear to the ground nowadays and you hear a steady rumble of 'stress-stress-stress-stress', like a herd of bison in the distance. Whether it's a consequence of recessionary cost-cutting and downsizing or the ever more cut-throat pace of change in the global marketplace, huge chunks of the workforce seem to be stressed out by their jobs - and it's getting worse. The reasons cited are legion: jobs are no longer secure, pensions are meagre, staff are micromanaged and over-controlled, roles have been de-skilled to the point where they'd bore robots, you are routinely abused by ungrateful, ill-informed customers, the hours are long, and meaningful support is almost non-existent.

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