Subscribe to our newsletter. And yet, our employees remain stressed, tired and yearn for more time to refresh and regroup. Employee Assistance Counselors will tell you that stress reduction classes, critical incident stress debriefing sessions and referrals for drug and alcohol abuse treatment are on the rise and, in fact, keep them very busy.
Life is complicated.
Life is stressful and many people do not have the skills to cope with the ups and downs of their career life. A person went to work for a company and retired from the same one with the proverbial gold watch. We now see people with 7 career changes within their work life. And within those careers there are likely many highs and lows. It is not uncommon to maintain a career through willingness to relocate, uprooting your family and loosing your important support system.