1 out of 5 employees of the R.T.A. are taking stress leave, what's your thoughts.?
100457
Three factors are at work here.  1) There may be a high amount of stress on the job 2) There may be a culture of acceptability with this.  It's part of the system 3) The leave policies are generous and encourage people to take this kind of leave.
1063764
21 years in grocery (deli and produce departments). Don't know if I can make it til retirement in 25 years!! My boss told me that he read somewhere that retail is the third most stressful job under police/fireman and doctors/nurses.  Sometimes I feel that it's true especially during holidays!
373868
A forced leave of absence.
204450
our company monitors everything employees are doing on the 'puters...alot of companies are doing it for there own safety
731872
I feel like that every day I leave my office and head for home when I work with the one boss. Sometimes it can be anxiety over so many things going on at once, at least that's what I've pin pointed it to in my situation. When the one boss is here he is crazy running around like a chicken with his head cut off, a huge tornado of chaos. It totally drains me after he leaves. Any other day I am fine, I think his chaotic manners suck my energy right out of me. I've tried just bracing myself for him to be chaotic and then when he leaves reorganise everything back to it's original spot,  also I ignore him somewhat, act really absorbed into my work and then he doesn't really bother me.
754996
I read an article last week that made me mad. They currently have a paid voluntary army. It's reported that at any given time like even now during this war time that 25% are ALWAYS on vacation! They usually show up on pay day and during important excerizes only 2/3 of them show up.
744290
No...but most are getting that way. I hate to say it, but the bosses that are jerks had to become that way due to the employees before you. 30+ years ago the workforce was interested and placed the family as number 1 priority, today they don't care so much about the family as long as you showed up for work when your scheduled and be on time on top of it!!! However...employees abused that to the degree that different corporations were losing money as well as putting a strain on the employee due to people calling in. I know it's unfair to treat great employees the same as the other employees who are not as good, but if you give to one you got to give to all. I work for the state in the nursing field, and where I work the facility use to pay for employees to go school to get their LPN/RN or even a phyc degree as long as they stayed at the facility for 5 years. They stopped paying for schooling about 8 years ago when a employee went to school to get his RN degree...after he got it he quit and went to another facility...to make it short...he got a free degree and the state ended up paying it all!!! So they stopped paying for continuing in schooling. Life in getting that way in general...we are paying for the other persons mistake! We don't want to get involued....we know of people doing things wrong all the time, but we don't want to say anything (including myself). I know people driving around without licenses/insurance, shoplifts and I know people abusing free services as well...the bottom line why my car insurance is high, is because I'm paying for the ones that don't have. If I'm going to Walmart to buy something...I'm paying for the ones that steals, cause if nobody steals the price would be lower then what it is now. So the bottom line is that bosses will almost have to be jerks...not because of you personally, but because of the ones before you.
448494
I went through this with one boss.  I was so stressed out that I was sick at work, then had a death in the family.  It was an awful time.  In the end, they fired me.  As it turned out, though, they were in the wrong.  Bad on them.\n\nIt can certainly happen.
576141
sometimes i get pretty stressed...i take care of mentally challenged adults on 12 hour shifts. if one of them is having a bad day, then my day is pretty rough\n\ngood luck!
736937
I worked in a busy supermarket as a manager and union rules stated for any significant change in someones rota that person had to be given 4 weeks notice unless they where happy with it. I feel this is plenty of time for someone to organise their life. Your predicament is a little more harder as it is dependant on people being happy and dedicated to their job. I do feel that u would probably be better to speak to the person who does the rota to explain that some people are unhappy and need a little more notice and regularity in their shift patterns.
38350
Yes, but stress comes from a variety of sources. Best of luck on managing it. Remember no matter how busy take time for yourself.
611228
I'm happy..So what my office won't be cleaned this evening..I can do it myself..We should all take note of this..Doing little things ourselves may cut down on their labor force and send them packing..I've even decided to do it myself all the time and fire them...How's that for how much we need them...
122441
Because, more lately some have to work longer hours in those 4 days to get 40 hours.So it would probably seem it no personal life in those 4days.Ohhhh,got you now.I go threw the same thing.I think it's because. We're looking forward to the 3 days off and the week seems to move slower and problems to me it seems like they arrive when i just want a nice and easy week before,i enjoy my days off.
9440
Workplace wellness is a serious issue. With terms like "stress-related-illness" and "burnout" becoming household words, organizations are increasingly looking for ways to keep their workforce happy, healthy and productive.
599075
I think it is because customer service oriented jobs are being performed by the couch potato generation.  They think they are doing us a favor by being there.  Labor laws protect the employee but not the employer.  It is hard to weed out the individuals that are lazy.  It's not like the days when somebody could be fired on the spot.  Now there is so much red tape to terminate somebody.  I feel your pain though.  I have a hard time having to bag my own groceries after putting in a ten hour day!  I voice my opinion by making a copy of my receipt and mailing it to the business owner or manager with my complaint.  This way; they know exactly who the individual was, what time and date the incident occurred, and what my issues were.  Most of the time I get a letter explaining that the problem is being addressed.  Sometimes, the individual puts two and two together and is much more pleasant to me the next time I pay the place of business a visit.
1164273
they're on the road. doesn't mean they don't have children or neices or nephews.  they're family folk too.  they do it as a reminder most likely.  and a reason to keep putting up with such a stressful job, the reason is those kids he/she has to take care.
1158432
Yeah, the service staff need a course.\n\nBut, so do the consumers. Why don't you try to put up a happy face when everyone treats you like crap all day?\n\nAnd if you say "but that's their job!", it's not. Any more than getting verbally abused by their employer is a part of any office worker's job.