Too Much Work Pressure Can Harm Business, Cautions CIPD
Work pressure on employees seems to be increasing in the
Based on a sample of over 2000 workers, the results showed that work pressure on employees has increased from 38 percent in six months earlier to 42 percent, with more workers complaining of excess stress either daily or at least once or twice a week. Furthermore, the job satisfaction score seems to be going down as it has dipped to +37, as compared to +46 in spring this year, which clearly suggests that the situation has worsened.
Claire McCartney, the resourcing and talent planning adviser at CIPD, said that even six months back the job satisfaction level was high, as too many people were being thrown out of jobs and those who were still employed were happy to be working. Now that the period is over and recession is putting too much pressure on them, the workers are losing that satisfaction, she pointed out.
McCartney added that the workers’ increasing unhappiness could hamper their productivity and consequently the competitive edge of a firm, and that the employee morale has really sagged and job satisfaction is very low.
McCartney further said it is very important for companies to help their employees in facing the stress created on them by the economic recession. She believes that not controlling the problem right now may not only cause production to decline but also force many meritorious and talented employees to quit their jobs. Since this might hurt business, she stressed that employers must discuss the problem with their employees to find solutions to problems of excessive work-related stress.
McCartney feels that small changes can do well to motivate workers. She emphasised on the need of training the frontline managers in order to ensure that they do not put undue pressure on workers, especially when it is neither necessary nor beneficial.
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