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Jobs stress is estimated to cost American industry $150 billion per year in diminished productivity, health insurance, direct medical expenses, absenteeism and compensation claims. These job stress costs are more than 15 times that of all strikes combined. Stressed out workers:
Smoke more
Have more problems with alcohol and drugs
Have more family problems
Are less motivated at work
Have more problems with co-workers
Experience more physical illnesses
Simply reducing the most highly strained jobs will, in turn, reduce the high cost of job stress and will result in a healthier, more productive workforce.
There are a number of strategies for combating job stress. It is important to understand that job stress is the result of multiple causes and therefore has to be addressed through multiple solutions. Simply tackling the stress issues of individual workers will not solve the wider ranging problems of occupational stress. Organizational change is vital to bring about a lasting reduction in the high cost of job stress.
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