Sept. 30, 2008

Los Angeles Times

Coping With Anxiety on the Job

For all too many Americans, work is literally a pain in the neck. Workplace stress sends them home many nights fatigued and in need of a couple aspirin and a back massage.

In the most recent StressPulse, a recurrent survey undertaken by Chicago-based ComPsych Corp., a provider of employee assistance programs in the U.S., 69 percent of respondents reported experiencing high levels of workplace stress, manifested by extreme fatigue and feelings of being out of control.

Some 52 percent said they come to work one to four days a year when they are too stressed to be effective. One in four reported arriving at work five or more days annually feeling too much stress for effective performance.