For every employee, business owner, or head officials, work can stress you out; especially on instances where you are trying to meet a target or you are going to close an important deal.
The stress can keep you awake and affect your health negatively, both physical and emotional health. Treating stress is easier if you know the source; but, identifying them can be difficult.
To help you out in identifying what type of work stress you have, here are the 8 types of work stress that is often seen in workplaces and how you can deal with it.
#1 Overworked
This stress occurs when you find yourself busy from the time you arrive at work until you leave. However, during the course of the day, you cannot do anything else in your project because you are not allowed to touch it at anyway. You are also in demand for other jobs that should be done by others.
This type of work stress mostly affects your mind or psychology since you cannot focus properly on all of your tasks. In order to get your work sorted out for a little bit, you can start by trying new avenues where you can join in the decision-making process for your projects.
#2 Frustrated Hardworker
This type of work stress occurs when you find yourself working yourself off and doing extra tasks without being recognized properly for your efforts. Your bosses may have been happy about your work, but they do not properly compensate you for it. As a result, it triggers stress for people who are very driven and wish for approval.
To reduce your stress, try speaking with your boss and discuss your career options. While it may not give you the reward you are after immediately, it could help you get an idea of how you can improve your status or outlook.
#3 Castaway
People who feel like they are alone in the company and not being aided in any way by their boss or co-workers may find themselves at risk to stress since they have no one to talk to for advice or help.
A great way to manage this type of work stress is by getting a good support system set up to make it easier for employees to speak to their boss for help and open up to their fellow workers. You should also work on your conversational skills and be as specific as possible when asking for help.
#4 Softie
The softie is the one who listens to all the demands and complaints of abusive customers but even if they would like to vent out against these customers, they must remain professional and swallow their comments. As the abuse, complaints, and demands come piling in, it may trigger emotional stress.
In order to get through this emotional rollercoaster, ask your boss for advice or training so you can deal with difficult customers without feeling defeated or demoralized. You can also advise ways where you can do your job without having to deal with the abuse directly.
#5 Tech Slave
The tech slave is the one who is connected to the office 24/7 through their mobile, computer and other devices. As a result, the boss would come calling at any given moment and take over your free time with the jobs that must be done.
In order to protect yourself from stress, unplug when you get home to give yourself time to rest and destress. Use your mobile phone’s silent mode from a certain time frame or stay offline until you get to work the next day.
#6 Burnt
For this stress, you are totally exhausted in both mind and body. You do not have enough strength to do anything and any minute now, you might break from the stress. This scenario mostly happens if you are in an industry where everything is high-paced or charged. However, it does happen to other industries as well.
If you are feeling this type of stress, sit down with your supervisor or your boss and ask how you can take a short time off or get a leave of absence to rest properly. You can even go to your doctor to seek a second opinion and get other advice on how you can rest up from burnout.
#7 Target
This type of stress happens when your boss bullies you. He or she would give you all the difficult deadlines, assign you all the work that you are not technically paid to do, and get dressed down even if you didn’t do anything wrong. If you aren’t the target, you may experience this fear when you feel like you will be your boss’s next target.
To face this stress, you can try mollifying your boss or confront him or her with your fellow workers who have also experienced bullying. You can also document all the instances of bullying and report it to your boss or HR department.
#8 Wronged
Finally, this type of stress tends to happen if you find yourself feeling like your work isn’t fair at all. Your boss tends to prefer certain employees, you can’t get how the decision-making and management are done and you are treated like you do not know what you signed up for.
Since you will be mystified by this odd environment, you may find yourself stressed out because you may feel like you have been wronged by the company you work for. In order to get past this issue, you can raise the concern to your HR department or superior and seek some clarification.
Do you identify one of the work stress you are having? Share with us your experience in the comments below.
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