Office politics most common cause of workplace stress

Study finds

Adam Saville
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Perkbox research examines the changing landscape of work-related stress for UK employees

A study of 1,815 employees has found that work-related office politics (37%) are the most common cause of workplace stress, alongside a lack of interdepartmental communications (34%). Worryingly the research revealed that 79% of UK employed adults commonly experience work-related stress - compared to 59% in 2018. Another common reason for it was the work of junior colleagues (33%) and employees' own performance (31%). Poor company culture was also to blame (18%). Just 1% stated they never experience workplace stress, while long working hours dropped to from top in 2018 to the 7th m...

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