http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/02/14/stressing_out/ All about the issues that arise when workforce issues converge with business management. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:46:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/02/14/stressing_out/#comment-10789 Marcia Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:45:15 +0000 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/02/14/stressing_out/#comment-10789 While my father survived both the sinking of his ship off the coast of Normandy and being so close to the border during the Battle of the Bulge that he could hear German conversation, he does agree that the daily grind of today's workplace could be equally (if not more) damaging. When we survive catastrophes, we experience catharsis, yet day to day workplaces that manage by stress are draining workers. No one expects to go into the office and come across the horrors of a WWII battlefield. Social psychological research has found that the accumulation of daily hassles does mor to make people sick than catastrophe survival. Why do we continue to put up with stress at work? While my father survived both the sinking of his ship off the coast of Normandy and being so close to the border during the Battle of the Bulge that he could hear German conversation, he does agree that the daily grind of today’s workplace could be equally (if not more) damaging. When we survive catastrophes, we experience catharsis, yet day to day workplaces that manage by stress are draining workers. No one expects to go into the office and come across the horrors of a WWII battlefield. Social psychological research has found that the accumulation of daily hassles does mor to make people sick than catastrophe survival. Why do we continue to put up with stress at work?

]]> http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/02/14/stressing_out/#comment-10299 mailmans kid Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:31:09 +0000 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/02/14/stressing_out/#comment-10299 A few years ago, my aging retired father related to me that he had been shocked about an item on the national news that day. He went on to lament that he had endured the depression, fought in North Africa and "up the boot" in WWII, cared for a polio ravaged wife for over 30 years, worked three jobs to pay for her care and "now they tell me there's STRESS and BURNOUT!!" He was quite indignant that he had not been afforded either of those luxuries in his time. A few years ago, my aging retired father related to me that he had been shocked about an item on the national news that day. He went on to lament that he had endured the depression, fought in North Africa and “up the boot” in WWII, cared for a polio ravaged wife for over 30 years, worked three jobs to pay for her care and “now they tell me there’s STRESS and BURNOUT!!” He was quite indignant that he had not been afforded either of those luxuries in his time.

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