If staff are going off sick due to the stress of their working conditions it should be setting alarm bells off higher up the chain,
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If staff are going off sick due to the stress of their working conditions it should be setting alarm bells off higher up the chain,
The Missing Lineker
Player Valuation: £1m
Not rocket science is it? Spot a trend early; do an analysis for cause; and put in place remedial or at least mitigating measures. Yet, how many workplaces actually do it?!! Think too many people think there’s nothing they can do to reduce workplace stress if they can’t increase staff numbers or reduce workload. Reality is there’s plenty that can be done and you don’t necessarily have to throw lots of money at the problem. I’ve said it before in this thread: the key is well trained and empathic line management!
I feel a lot of instances like this occur from a passivity with responsibility.
Plus, there still seems to be a culture within many work places, where being able to cope with an unmanageable workload is seen as being a stepping stone to better things.
The Missing Lineker
Player Valuation: £1m
Too right. A silly destructive machismo culture. These people rise to management positions and perpetuate the cycle!
Frang
Player Valuation: £70m
well im happy to say I had my first decent nights sleep in weeks, after changing from citalopram to Prozac...
ive not noticed any major changes , but I am feeling completely knackered today.. tiredness is a side effect or it could just be that im generally just abit tired from doing stuff the last few weeks..
in general im feeling alot better after being on this course of meds though..
ive not noticed any major changes , but I am feeling completely knackered today.. tiredness is a side effect or it could just be that im generally just abit tired from doing stuff the last few weeks..
in general im feeling alot better after being on this course of meds though..
zzr45
#MURDERINGSCUM
I'm on the other end of the spectrum - literally nothing to do at work most days, but still have the same feelings - can take me 90 mins to get dressed some mornings. It's so odd in a way. Boredom is literally getting to levels where there's an urge to self harm (honestly didn't know that could actually happen, did some research though before and apparently its a common phenomena) and I'm going home absolutely miserable.
Lucky in a way in that I'm allowed to reduce my hours, but coming into to literally do nothing is soul crushing. Completely feel for you and know work can be crap - the whole needing to work to live thing is crippling at times.
I used to work nights a lot mate and quite often I`d have nothing to do from around midnight until about 6am.
I found that the way around the crushing boredom was to be prepared for it and used to always have a decent book / box set / use the gym in work.
If I`d have done nothing I`d have gone mad, especially with it being in the middle of the night.
zzr45
#MURDERINGSCUM
Yeah the amount of books I’ve gone through on my phone is ridiculous. The only problem is trying to read when everyone else is busy.
Can you not offer to take the slack off some of the others if they`re busy ?
zzr45
#MURDERINGSCUM
Tried to - but it goes back to an earlier point you've made that everyone wants to be seen as busy, usual excuse is that as someone that's a specialist in what I do (on occasion!) I wouldn't get/understand what they do, which is essentially nonsense (incredibly one of their daughters can get the basics of sorting invoices when shes a few quid short..)
It`s a mad situation if you`re being employed to do nothing !!!
YoboCopter
Player Valuation: £50m
Same as most of the players on r books haha
zzr45
#MURDERINGSCUM
It is. Essentially the job that I was hired to do is one that’s usually contracted out to outside agencies - after an initial rush there’s probably only a need for a few hours a week. The company I work for got their fingers burned by an agency though and now have me in place full time, but are happy that I’m essentially at beckon call.
Odd situation, but it’s an absolute mind killer. Hard to put any value on what I do as a person etc.
larrygobfiend
Player Valuation: £40m
Might be time to start looking for something else then, mate. I know it's not that simple with bills etc, but your mental well being needs to come first. Have you had a look to see if there's anything about?