Stressed At Work

Threats of redundancy, job outsourcing, pay freezes and rising unemployment affect each of us so it's no wonder that many of us experience stress at work. According to the Labour Force Survey, in 2007/08 an estimated 442 000 people in Great Britain, who worked in the past year, it is believed that they are experiencing stress at work at a level that is making them sick. Couple this with the increase in employment and less job leads to individuals feeling more pressure to stay in the role that is causing their stress.

Threats of redundancy, job outsourcing, pay freezes and rising unemployment affect each of us so it's no wonder that many of us experience stress at work. According to the Labour Force Survey, in 2007/08 an estimated 442 000 people in Great Britain, who worked in the past year, it is believed that they are experiencing stress at work at a level that is making them sick. Couple this with the increase in employment and less job leads to individuals feeling more pressure to stay in the role that is causing their stress.

1: Face it head on
If you're considering two pieces of work to deal with which are both priorities when it comes to your manager, you acknowledge that you are aware that both are priorities, however, ask what he / she would prefer you first. It can not work in all situations, but worth a try and put the ball in your court!

2: Tell your friends and family
You've had a hard day at work, and the last thing you want to do is get a job with a chest problem, but it can be cathartic to do so. As you unburden yourself telling your friends can help comfort, support and even if you advise, however, you can not talk to anyone .. get it down in writing how you feel

3: Duty of care
Find out if your employer has an obligation to care for their staff as a council in the UK to and if so you should take into consideration the welfare of their employees. Other employers offer counseling services for staff especially when it comes to essential services. If you want to work in a way that best fits your work and family life better then to consider flexible working and put it as a proposal for your manager who should consider the proposal before making decisions. So, find out what support is available to you at work

4: Take the time
You are at work, with a demanding workload and deadlines popping up every time you look around. If you feel like you're stressed out and overwhelmed to take five minutes away from sources of stress. You May have to order it with a manager first, but the songwriting and the cleaning head, even if only for a few minutes will help give you clarity, draw and refresh the mind. Practice deep breathing if you feel dizzy and have difficulty breathing.

5: Take the stress treatment at work
Some employers arrange for the Indian Head Massage and Colour Therapy spend at work. Others offer gym pass the discount rate, thus encouraging you to use the gym and help reduce stress levels. If stress leads to you feeling tension in your body and in the workplace nude massage can be beneficial to take it as a good massage therapist can work on during the knots in your body and leave you feeling rejuvenated and peaceful.

6: look for outside help
Try yoga, reiki, life coaching, pilates and Tai Chi to help reduce stress.

7: Organize and prioritize
Organize your tasks into those that should be done daily, weekly, monthly or long term. If an unexpected new tasks pop-up during the day, granted them the proper category before deciding that it automatically should be done now. If you do not do this, and use Microsoft Schedule or any other form of diary to work up to date and use it to flag up the tasks to be performed on certain days. Also, a good tip is to under promise and over deliver!

8: Acknowledge customers
have a hefty number of cases, the phones will be mad and a few priorities to do when mail arrives from important clients, and they expect you to do the job. Even if briefly, to acknowledge your e-mail with a friendly greeting and some of them do not even know when you can get the task done, or state that you look into the matter and return them to a certain number of days. thus they feel that they are not ignored and that will leave you to get on with the task to the prescribed time in which he said he would update them or get it done.

9: Delegation
If faced with the routine tasks that take up too much time, see if you can transfer some of their colleagues -. That way you can focus on more important tasks

10: Analysis of their situation
You have to do several tasks at once, unsupportive Manager that gives you any significant help or support, which is demanding and sets deadlines and unsurpassed feel like you can not handle. Despite taking things further, you feel as if you were not listening, and so stress the spiral continues. Do you work long hours without a break for lunch and a little time for family and friends? Does this fit into your lifestyle and goals? Unless the job role that you really enjoy, not your position agree with your lifestyle? Holistic, did you achieve the right balance? If a job that once loved is now a job you dread, and leaves you crunching your stomach every time you wake up in the morning, you really need to assess where you want to be.

Given the foregoing, if you find that:

1: you dread getting out of bed in the morning, when considering going to work?
2: talk endlessly with friends and family about work issues with still no solution in sight?
3: Given the high salary, perks and status we feel helpless to leave their job for fear of losing these things, but want to explore other options that will allow a better work / life balance?
4: Do you feel angry, irritated and moody every time you think about the work
5: Throw 'sickies'
6: Instinctively, though you like the work, they find that the workplace and the demands placed on you is wrong and totally unreasonable
7: You often feel stressed, tense, anxious, dizzy, and make a simple but grave mistake by low concentrations
8: Do you have an inability to sleep still thinking about the outstanding tasks and deadlines
9: Your health affects as a result of under or over eating to cope with stress
10: You do not repay your friends and family calls, and make them
11: I can not sit at home like I'm still thinking about his day, a week to get a job
12: You manage your boss is weak, which is increasing stress on
13: You feel stressed, because it does not fit into the work culture and feel excluded if you do not join in with the office politics and popular with colleagues at work
14: Your attitude affects your stress at work and can not admit to your spouse how bad things out of fear of being seen as 'weak'
15: feel like you're nobody to turn to

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