Stressful Environments We Know So Well

The modern workplace can be a hotbed of stress as orders must be fulfilled and deadlines met. This is a serious problem as, according to figures from the Health & Safety Executive, stress is the biggest cause of working days lost through injury or ill-health (almost 13 million per year). There are many causes of stress in the workplace, such as a heavy workload, tight deadlines and working long hours, but the very environment in which you work can be a contributing factor in raising your stress levels. Such environments are not confined to the office or the production line, they are so prevalent that we often see them on television and there are commonly used terms that we all recognise as referring to stressful environments, so here are a few.

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