With employee stress levels reportedly rising across the nation, isn’t it time you found out exactly how stressed your workers really are? Try this easy-to-use survey.
Dr. Paul Rosch, president of the American Institute of Stress (AIS), warns employers to be wary of studies claiming to objectively measure workplace stress. Many, he notes, are highly subjective and reflect the point of view of the organization sponsoring or conducting them. When and how data are collected can also influence outcomes.
AIS has created a job stress survey that can help reveal employee stress levels. Survey participants are asked to assign a number from 1 to 10 to the following statements (where 1 means the responder strongly disagrees and 10 means strongly agrees).
- I can’t honestly say what I really think or get things off my chest a work.
- My job has a lot of responsibility, but I don’t have very much authority.
- I could usually do a much better job if I were given more time.
- I seldom receive adequate acknowledgment or appreciation when my work is really good.
- In general, I am not particularly proud of or satisfied with my job.
- I have the impression that I am repeatedly picked on or discriminated against at work.
- My workplace environment is not very pleasant or particularly safe.
- My job often interferes with family/social obligations or personal needs.
- I tend to have frequent arguments with superiors, co-workers, or customers.
- Most of the time I feel I have very little control over my life at work.
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Scoring
According to AIS:
- A score of 10-30 means one is handling stress well.
- A score of 40-60 indicates job stress is being handled moderately well.
- A score of 70-100 suggests problems that need to be addressed and resolved.
Undervalued and Stressed Out
Many American workers feel undervalued and stressed out, according to a 2011 survey by the American Psychological Association (APA), which found that 36 percent of workers reported experiencing work stress regularly. Among sources of dissatisfaction and stress, employees pointed to low salaries, lack of opportunity for growth and advancement, heavy workloads, unrealistic job expectations, and long hours.
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Take the Stress Out of Training
No doubt there’s plenty of stress in your job. Being accountable for workplace safety is a heavy responsibility. But there’s one area of your job where you can reduce stress right now. All you have to do is make the stress-free, no-risk decision to take a look at BLR’s Safety Meeting Repros.
This comprehensive training manual contains 50 completely turnkey safety meeting modules, each responsive to a key OSHA regulation, with trainee materials in reproducible form. Just check off the outline items as you proceed through the meeting and you won’t miss a single point of importance. Then follow up with the fully prepared quiz (with instantly available answers) and illustrated handouts that also come with each lesson. You’ve completed a full training cycle, with little more work than running a copier, at a cost equivalent of under $6 a session.
Safety Meeting Repros does all the work of preparing training sessions for you. All you have to do is chose a topic, provide your supervisors with the training outline and all the other training materials, and presto! you have an efficient, comprehensive training session that will produce group after group of well-trained, safer employees.
We don’t think you can appreciate how much Safety Meeting Repros can ease your training task without looking it over. We invite you to do so at no cost (we’ll even pay any return shipping) and no risk. Here’s how you can arrange a trial run, at our expense.