Five signs a workplace might be suffering from stress

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) states that approximately 602,000 workers are suffering from work-related stress, depression and anxiety and that 12.8 million working days were lost due to the same causes in 2018/19. There are many reasons why employees may experience workplace stress, including high workloads, long working hours, poor work-life balance, relationships at work, fears about position and job security and a lack of support. The human body is designed to handle small doses of stress, but what we aren't equipped to do is deal with long-term chronic stress. The effects...