Globalisering ökar arbetstryck och stress

Social change is easy to recognize in retrospect but in the thick of this revolution of how we work, it's hard to know what the fall out will be. Globalization, new technology and the relaxation of labour laws have lead to changes in how we work. These changes in turn impact on our health and not always for the best.

Last year the Observer newspaper in the UK reported on the exhaustion epidemic, saying feeling tired constantly was no longer the burden of working mothers.

The article said working culture and 'just keeping up' with our normal workload was leaving us exhausted, stressed and leading lives that lacked balance.

They reported on a survey commissioned by Legal & General which found that 42 percent of the 5,000 people asked said that lack of sleep was their biggest health concern, followed by 34 percent worrying about low-level, general fatigue.

More than a quarter said they were stressed and another quarter admitted to depression. Chartered Management Institute, whose "Quality of Working Life" report showed that more than half of us experience feelings of constant tiredness at work and even more of us suffer from insomnia.

Globalization, technology and the declining power unionized workforces are all social factors contributing to the feeling that work is overwhelming and never ending. It's a Sisyphean task that promises only fleeting satisfaction because nothing ever seems quite complete. ¹

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