Why Is Your Job Really Stressful

I n my survey conducted few        the motive to get noticed in the   weeks back I realized a         eyes of your seniors or bosses.    very crucial fact               People who are called so cause     pertaining to professional            unavoidable stress to the rest of  career. A common question Is your     their colleagues. Their            job really stressful? was the         colleagues won't just envy such    theme of the survey. What was         people but would be worried that   really uncommon was the result of     their contribution towards the     the survey. I realized that a         company would be overlooked and    majority of the survey takers         decisions could be influenced by   were happy with their job. Every      that particular person. On the     morning was a new challenge to        other side of this story would be  them as far as their jobs were        the fear incurred by such people,  concerned. However this was a         of loosing the attention that      positive feedback and contradicts     they got from the seniors. The     the fact that many people are         co-operation level got by their    unhappy with their jobs. So I         colleague would constantly be      researched more on this topic.        reducing. Hatred and anger would   This is what I found out, 90% of      be emotions constantly shown       the masses are happy with their       towards people with this           job but extremely stressed            behavior. This could be            because of many allied factors.       considered as one important        Let us see these factors in           factor that could cause that       detail.                               person to part ways from the                                             company or cause their colleagues  Here goes the boss's pet, a           to do so.                          phrase used commonly against                                             people that try to be extra           Another point that was high up in  friendly to their seniors or          the list of factors that cause     bosses. This is mainly done with      stress in a corporate environment  is sabotage the company. This can     competition is one issue that if   happen in many different ways, so     done over a certain limit could    let us see few incidents on this      be harmful in any phase of life.   topic. This is what happened in       This is what I once witnessed;     one case scenario; A senior chef      two good friends were employed at  of a hotel got a better job           the same law firm. They were new   opportunity at another place. He      and the urge to impress your       made up his mind and decided to       seniors was obviously. This led    leave. During his notice period       to mere competition between the    at the company, he offered better     two of them. For every small case  job opportunities and                 they got they was always a tough   remunerations to his junior chefs     battle for the poll position.      and asked them to quit too. They      Every case was thoroughly          did the same and joined him at        studied, well researched and       his new work place. All the chefs     amazingly presented to their       who left were happy. However this     seniors. The seniors were happy    is not the end of the story, here     with both their performances.      we see that one person so easily      However, something that was        sabotaged the entire hotel. This      ignored and later faded was their  is one concern that keeps             friendly and their trust in each   bothering many people. They keep      other. A healthy competition is    living under the fear that if any     always a step towards success but  member of their team quits then       over a certain limit it could be   how do they manage the rest of        very harmful. This competition     the team, so that it doesn't          would make all the competitors     affect the business.                  stressful. It could cause ill                                            health, mental sickness, employee  Another cause of the stress           sabotage or even force an          element in everyday professional      employee to quit their job.        life is competition. In fact                                             Last but not the least is back        completely. People generally back  stabbing a colleague. This            stab other friends or colleagues   happens in most cases and could       with the intensions of hatred,     cause a lot of stress to the          envy and jealousy.                 person who is being back stabbed                                         and the person who back stabbed       These were some conclusive         him. The first person may be          factors that the second survey     extremely stressed as he was back     resulted in. One more thing I      stabbed once and would fear to        often see is people often change   trust any other employee. He          their jobs because they were       might also be forced to quit his      offered more pay or a lesser hard  job due to bad performance. The       working job. Well your work        back stabber on the other hand        should be spiritual. So work hard  will also be stressed because he      and true, there are no short cuts  would fear the fact that someone      in life. You may try a short cut   else could back stab him or else      but soon you will realize that we  if his colleagues would realize       don't work for the money but we    his behavior then they would          get money because we work.         avoid him and ignore him               About the Author: Jhalak Jerajani has invested numerous years of her life understanding psychological issues, their cause, their solution, and how they tend to affect humans. You can also read more of her articles at http://forum.bharathiastrology.com . Read more articles by: Jhalak Jerajani Article Source: www.iSnare.com