More than half of SME workers are stressed - Drewberry

48% are looking to move jobs

Adam Saville
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A survey by Drewberry has found 55% of SME workers are stressed or regularly feel stressed

Of the stressed workers surveyed by Drewberry, 59% said they were worried about money and 43.9% said they were stressed about work. The research - which questioned 1,000 SME workers - also revealed that more than one in three workers had taken time off in the past 12 months to deal with stress or a mental health problem. Young employees The survey also found that stress is most common among younger workers - 65.1% of 18-24 year olds agreed to regularly feeling stressed, with money concerns affecting 73.5%. Work worried 41% of this age bracket, who were most likely (73.5%) to be loo...

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