Approximately 70% of workers worry about their stressors during work hours. Stress is a huge factor that affects workplace productivity. When an employee is stressed, it can be hard to think straight and focus on tasks at hand. Common stressors include jobs, finance, personal health, the health of a spouse, partner, or family member, and family problems.
When looking closely at how stress can affect productivity statistics, we can see that 28% of stressed workers spend at least an hour of their workweek worrying about their stressors, half spend anywhere from one to five hours, 16% spend 5 to 10 hours, and lastly, 6% spend over 10 hours.