Question

Identify specific areas of workplace stress that impact employees and provide some possible remedies to make the workplace a less stressful and healthier environment. Give specific examples.

Answer 1

When employees are under continuous work pressure, high demands for deadline completion, high expectations from the authority, and pressure to care of the family, then they are more stressful. Therefore, high demand for work and high work-pressure both are the specific areas of the workplace stress. Stress negatively impacts employees’ health that causes sleep disturbance, abnormal appetite and poor rest. Following are some useful remedies

• Get enough rest.
• Do not smoke, instead, go to a vending machine or have caffeine.
• Stay organized.
• Walk with others at lunch.
• Break big tasks into small chunks.
• Always reaching out, seek help instead of getting stuck.
• Look for satisfaction and meaning in your work.
• Try to manage every kind of conflict through a positive mindset, words, and attitude.

For example, Mr. ‘A’ does his job as a consultant in a private firm where he has to make daily reports on goods entered and exit. He has a lot of work pending and the boss is demanding more. In such a situation, instead of getting stuck, he seeks help from his colleague while taking proper sleep at night, taking lunch on time with others, and being organized. All of these activities make him less stressful, and ultimately he completes his task on time.