Employees Reveal Top Impacts of Stress: Trouble Focusing, Reduced Work Quality and Coworker Strife

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than half of employees say workplace stress makes it difficult to focus on tasks, according to a survey by ComPsych Corporation. Another 21 percent say stress causes them to commit errors or miss deadlines and more than 15 percent say stress causes conflict with coworkers and superiors. ComPsych is the world’s largest provider of employee assistance programs and is the pioneer and leading provider of fully integrated EAP, behavioral health, wellness, work-life, HR and FMLA administration services under the GuidanceResources brand.

“Leveraging the employee assistance program is an important step in dealing with workplace stress. A comprehensive EAP not only provides individual counseling, but organizational consulting on change management, team building and interpersonal skill development.”

“Unchecked stress can result in a number of productivity-sapping outcomes, from diminished work quality to absenteeism to coworker clashes,” said Dr. Richard A. Chaifetz, Chairman and CEO of ComPsych.

“Organizations looking to compete in a volatile marketplace are proactively addressing stress – this can enhance employee well-being and therefore engagement,” he added. “Leveraging the employee assistance program is an important step in dealing with workplace stress. A comprehensive EAP not only provides individual counseling, but organizational consulting on change management, team building and interpersonal skill development.”

Employees were asked: How does stress impact your work? (multiple answers were allowed)

56.3% said “difficulty focusing on tasks”

21.0% said “errors and/or missed deadlines”

15.5% said “trouble getting along with coworkers/superiors”

14.9% said “missed days”

14.4% said “lateness”

28.1% said “other”

For a complete copy of the survey results, including how employees rate their workplace on six organizational causes of stress, go to http://bit.ly/Hc0Ced to download the white paper, “Approaches to Reduce Stress-Related Costs.” The study also includes information on EAP-based strategies for reducing workplace stress.

About ComPsych

ComPsych^® Corporation is the world’s largest provider of employee assistance programs (EAP) and is the pioneer and worldwide leader of fully integrated EAP, behavioral health, wellness, work-life, HR and FMLA administration services under the GuidanceResources^® brand. ComPsych provides services to more than 15,000 organizations covering more than 40 million individuals throughout the U.S. and over 100 countries. By creating “Build-to-Suit” programs, ComPsych helps employers attract and retain employees, increase employee productivity and improve overall health and well-being. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ComPsych.