Most contended that slowdown in the economy and the resultant job and salary cuts have added to their anxiety.
“I hate my boss. I feel like quitting this job right away.” This is what recession-hit Ronak Shah (name changed), an employee of FMCG company in Ahmedabad, had to say about the depressing scene at work. After global meltdown and cut in salaries of employees, many like Shah are ready to quit their job instead of suffering from the physical and mental trauma.
In order to find out about the woes of the working youths in the city, a survey was conducted by HealthOn Foundation, a Mumbai-based NGO supporting good health through awareness on the web, among corporate executives. It was carried out among 57 per cent male and 43 per cent female-working executives in the age group of 30-45 years at Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. All the major sectors like medical and healthcare, BPO, KPO, media (print and electronic), pharmaceuticals and hospitality, were covered with almost equal number of respondents.
Most contended that slowdown in the economy and the resultant job and salary cuts have added to their anxiety.
The increased pressure at workplace has been manifesting itself in frequent illness and rise in stress levels. About 59 per cent of the respondents said that they would quit if the current job adds to their stress or drains them out.
Convenor of HealthOn Foundation Simanta Sharma said, “The survey findings serve as a wakeup call for corporate companies. They should initiate concrete measures to ensure that the executives stay healthy and productive.”
It was an online survey wherein the concern of the employees was not just financial insecurity but also long working hours, Sharma added.
However, Vineet Kaul, HR Head, Aditya Birla Centre, believes that rising stress levels are restricted to individual situations, and cannot be seen as a general trend in the corporate sector.”
With regards to the measures taken by his organisation to manage stress among employees, he said, “We constantly communicate with our workforce regarding their role in the organisation. We aim for greater involvement in matters related to their work and policies that could affect them. We ensure that performance is recognised, and refrain from taking any arbitrary decisions that can give rise to dissatisfaction among employees.”
According to Sharma, there is a definite need to create awareness about work-related health issues, and the possible ways to address them adequately. “This will help prepare the executives to handle work related health problems better.
Medical director of Sterling hospital, Chandramauli Raval said, “For the past couple of months we have received numerous patients suffering from stress, which has led to other problems too. Also, a trend has been noted that the because of stress and a very hectic lifestyle, people between the age of 35-45 years are becoming victims of heart ailments.”
It’s time the companies make sure that their employees are healthy. For this, they should organise yoga and similar other programmes to keep them fit. Employees’ health reflects on their work too, Raval said.
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