Stress Should Not be a Job Requirement

If you opt to become a police officer, a fireforever. They are resistant to change or
department person, or work with explosives, youmodernizing. The secretary is still using a
probably expect that stress in some form willtypewriter instead of a word processor. The
come with the job. However, in other types ofcarpenter is denied even an electric screw driver.
jobs stress can come from many sources.This makes the job longer and harder, which
1. Overload. With too much work and too littlecauses frustration, which causes stress.
time, stress is inevitable. This may be either a5. Cranky boss. One of the most common
permanent or temporary situation. If temporary,sources of job stress is a mean boss. He or she
you can probably cope with it. If permanent, tellbelittles the employees under them, ignores their
your supervisor it is too much. If that doesn'tcomplaints and has no compassion for their
bring results, consider looking for another job, asproblems or their well being. This type of job
stress builds with repetition.stress can range from indifference to harassment.
2. Noise. Few jobs are located next to a junk6. Obnoxious co-worker. The obnoxious
yard or a sound stage where bands withco-worker is usually loud, with a raucous sense of
strange-sounding names are rehearsing. If you arehumor. He or she sees humor in ordinary
unlucky enough to work in such a deafeningsituations and laughs inappropriately.
environment, stress can be unbearable.Another type of co-worker who causes stress is
3. A messy environment. If you were raised in athe one who takes credit for your successes and
normal environment but your workplace remindsblames you for their mistakes.
you of the city dump, it can be stressful. TheUnfortunately, most of these sources of job
toilet is plugged up, the broken window hasn'tstress are not apparent before you are hired, but
been replaced and you have to avoid puddlescome with the job. They usually catch you by
wherever you walk.surprise and turn what you thought would be a
4. Obsolete equipment. Some small companiesgreat job into a nightmare.
have been doing the same job the same way