Stress nowadays seem to be an everyday thing. It just to be something that we can cast to the side and just forget about, but we can’t. Stress has many effects in our lives. One place in which stress affects us is our workspace. Stress can affect our how much we focus on our tasks, how well we manage our time and how much work we are able to perform. This I think is most important that stress affects our work performance. Stress may affect the other factors but if it affects work performance then how are you able to get that work back? You don’t. With the other factors you maybe just be able to shrug it off. Many sources address that stress has impacts on our work performance.

The Fox Business says that stress has been called the “Health epidemic of the 21^st Century” and has costed businesses over 300 billion dollars per year. Fox Business also claims that from recent surveys 21 percent of people claim that stress was responsible for errors and miss deadlines, 15.5 percent claiming stress was responsible for having trouble getting along with fellow coworkers and many more facts displaying that stress is problem to be addressed. Addressing this Fox Business puts down little ways to reduce your work stress such as participating in an Employee Assistance Program.

Stress has become a major problem in our workplace. So much so that people are trying to provide ways to cope with the stress. The American Psychological Association does this very thing. They go on to provide very common sources of stress such as low salaries, lack of social support, unclear employee expectations etc. They then go on to list ways to address the stress and cope with them. They suggest to keep track of things that stress you to see how you can avoid them or react to them. They also say to establish some boundaries like not looking at emails at certain times of the day, so you can take an honest break from work. They even suggest talking to your manager or your advisor to list what is stressing you out and then to establish a plan to make sure you work efficiently at your workplace.

Work is important to everyone, so it is important that we address the things that negatively affect work. These news article directly address it and show you a bit of ways to react to them. So how will stress affect your work performance?

https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/how-stress-impacts-your-workers-performance

https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/work-stress