----- Original Message ----- From: R To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 8:33 PM Subject: [Bulk] [lbo-talk] Always at Work and Anxious
The New York Times September 5, 2004 Always at Work and Anxious: Employees' Health Is Suffering By John Schwartz http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/health/05stress.html?hp
American workers are stressed out, and in an unforgiving economy, they are becoming more so every day.
Sixty-two percent say their workload has increased over the last six months; 53 percent say work leaves them "overtired and overwhelmed."
Even at home, in the soccer bleachers, or at the Labor Day picnic, workers are never really off the clock, bound to BlackBerries, cellphones and laptops. Add iffy job security, rising health care costs, ailing pension plans and the fear that a financial setback could put mortgage payments out of reach, and the office has become, for many, an echo chamber of angst.
It is enough to make workers sick - and it does. majorsnip~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~