Employees

It’s a sad fact of life: two-thirds of full-time employees are either completely stressed out at work or already in a state of burnout. According to The American Institute of Stress, that is the result of a few different factors. An employee’s workload accounts for 46 percent of that stress, interpersonal issues at work is 28 percent and job security and work-life balance is 6 percent.

Around Thanksgiving, The Atlantic Monthly rehashed a once revolutionary idea. “A New Business Strategy: Treating Employees Well” touched on the subject of productivity in business, a topic this blog explored right before the holiday. But the article wasn’t about simply giving extra pay or benefits to workers.