External Work Conditions for Stress
External Work Conditions for Stress
30 conditions for issues in the office
A UK employee survey reported that one in four employees said their office job affected their mental health, one in five had issues with management/ office workers and one in eight said they hated the commute to work.
Responsibility for stress often lands on the individual rather seeing office problems continue due to a culture of alienation, resistance and a boring routine.
Unhappy office workers can indulge in fantasies for change but circumstances can inhibit generating Plan B. Can Plan B apply to the office. What wise seeds for change can you plant in the office?
The experience in the office changes through sharing of experiences, acknowledging the feelings/experiences of others and collective change.
Do I have any wish to change?
Am I vulnerable to stress through the way others treat me?
What steps can I take for mutual co-operation
Do I put stress on another through what I say or write or through my body language?
Thirty Conditions for Stress in the Workplace
Here is a list below of some of the conditions in the workplace for stress. Bosses, management and staff can trigger stress in numerous ways.
Some staff hate going into work and can’t wait to get out at the end of the day. Total number probably runs into millions in the country. We cannot rely on individuals to change themselves in the face of daily tensions in the workplace.
Can any of these problematic conditions enter in conversation in the work place?
Can a group of staff explore ways to develop suppport and empathy for the wellbeing of all?
Thirty Conditions
In Alphabetical Order
1.      Backbiting
2.     Behaviour of another (s)
3.     Being compared to others
4.     Blame
5.     Contract work rather than regular employment
6.     Corruption
7.      Demands on punctuality
8.     Demotion
9.     Dependency on name and fame
10.  Dependency on winning and defeating others
11.   Dismissal
12.  Downward pressure on prices for the self-employed
13.  Exploitation
14.  Expulsion
15.  Facing disciplines
16.  Fear of Judgement, fear of punishment
17.  Health and safety issues
18.  Insecurity in the workplace
19.  Long working hours
20. Loss of resources
21.  Low hourly rates
22. Pressure in travel
23. Pressure to achieve goals
24. Profits and Loss
25. Reaching targets
26. Rejection
27. Surveillance of staff
Wages
Work at home
Worthwhile purpose of boring routine.
May all listen to each other
May all develop co-operation
May all beings live in harmony