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Fear Factor
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
Half of American workers are fearful they won’t meet their family’s basic needs, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Psychological Association. Since more than 2 million jobs have disappeared in the United States during the past four months, it’s no surprise that the APA also found that eight out of 10 workers cite the economy as the major stressor.
Americans at all rungs on the career ladder fear losing their jobs, and whatever money they’ve socked away for retirement. Many workers also suffer from performance anxiety, especially when layoffs have happened all around them and they now have to do the work of two or three people --often without training and resources, says psychiatrist Judith Orloff, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA.
These workplace fears take a toll on emotional health by impacting on-the-job performance, Orloff observes. The World Health Organization reports that one in 10 employees suffers from depression and loses an average of 6.2 days out of every 20 work days because of workplace depression.
A recent study of workers who survived a massive layoff by training and research company Leadership IQ found that 74 percent of the remaining employees said that their productivity fell sharply, and 69 percent said that the quality of their company’s products or …
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