Men Are More Prone to Work Pressure than Women
A recent survey conducted on 3,000 workers by Medicash, a healthcare cash plan company, revealed that 31% women and 24% men were under stress. However, stress due to excessive workload, affects male workers four times more than it does to female workers. Men are four times more chances of falling sick because of workplace stress as compared to women.
There was rise in absenteeism, with 20% of men taking two days of sick leave last month.
Twice as many male workers as females consumed alcohol regularly, and one out of every five men liked to drink after office hours. 69% of women and 45% of men got frequent headaches. In addition, 57% of women and 40% were not able to sleep properly.
Although stress was common to all, but the study found that there were different causes that lead to the problem in both sexes. While, women faced difficulties in handling stubborn customers, work pressure was the main reason behind stress in male employees. However, rude and bad behaviour after office hours annoyed both men and women.
Medicash chief executive, Sue Weir, felt that little work pressure encourages us to work hard, but excessive stress can become dangerous, if it begins to dominate our daily routine and can cause several health disorders. One may fall sick easily, and thus, remain absent from work. It can also increase the consumption of alcohol and drugs. Therefore, adopting a healthy lifestyle becomes very important to deal with the problem. A good diet and regular exercise is necessary, but most of all, talking and sharing feelings with others can be of great help.
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