Health Scare: Top 10 Signs Employees Are Stressed Out!

Although more and more companies are subsidizing health and fitness benefits for their employees they still have a long way to go to combat rising stress levels on the job.

Many employees are not taking advantage of these benefits and one of the reasons is that the resources are not available to them on their company's grounds. For instance, employees would be far more likely to exercise if their company had a health club or small facility within their building. That way there they could run down during lunch or before or after work to get in a quick workout to their lower stress levels and improve their health.

According to Gordian Health here are the top 10 signs employees are stressed out and may be in serious need of improving their health & fitness:

1. A decrease in productivity among employees, or marked drop-off in quality of work

2. Increased overtime, with little output to show for it

3. Frequent colds or other illnesses among workers, resulting in an increase in sick days

4. More tardiness or absenteeism among employees

5. Frequent cases of employee insubordination, lashing out at co-workers, or overreacting to constructive criticism

6. Workers hitting the medicine cabinet on a regular basis, seeking medications for headaches, backaches, stomach upset, indigestion and other ailments

7. Complaints of insomnia and exhaustion, leading to spontaneous naps in the break room, dozing off in front of the computer monitor, or more frequent smoke/coffee breaks

8. Increased frustration with certain tasks or level of workload, and complaints that it is impossible to get everything done

9. Grumbles among staff members that no one listens to them, and that bosses don't take their suggestions or input seriously

10. General lack of enthusiasm about job performance and low morale in workplace, including repeated threats of quitting

If your company doesn't currently offer some type of fitness facility on its premises you should get a petition together with other co-workers and bring it to Human Resources. Most companies want to keep their employees healthy and happy and this little addition may just do the trick.