Are You Out of Control for 8.5 Hours a Day?
By Barbara Poole
What kind of working world exposes workers to so much stress that a new term was coined to describe it? Who else has suffered down in the trenches of a “high stress, low control job”? Well folks, welcome to the American workplace.
According to an article from NursingCenter.com , “Women experiencing “high stress, low control” situations anywhere in their lives, whether in their family, social life, or work, have a much greater risk of developing disease and having poorer outcomes.” By default, the same is true for their male counterparts.
“High stress, low control” was a term coined to describe blue collar workers’ experiences in repetitive jobs, like production lines and other manufacturing environments. As corporate America moves to more high tech/low touch ways of doing business – from mechanized operations and warehousing environments to delivering sales and service from a call center the size of a football field in a building reminiscent of Fort Knox, it is clear that “high stress, low control” jobs are alive and not so well in many American corporations today.
For over twenty years, I’ve studied client organizations on behalf of their senior management teams, and presented solutions that could help align their vision with the reality of what was happening on the front lines of their companies. As I worked, I was quietly conducting my own research into the needs of corporate workforces, from their point of view, rather than senior management’s often rose colored vision. Thousands of frequent flier miles, years of observation, and a stack of anecdotes later, the idea for Employaid was born.
Employaid is the first comprehensive job resource that is available to every American worker. This isn’t the corporate party line. It’s your line to the skills and strategies you need to win at work!
Each week, you’ll find a new Post that shares my uncut, unedited, observations on the working life. Stay tuned.
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