Viking Stress at Work Study
Stress. T he dreaded ‘s’ word. Many of us feel this at some point in our work day or week. This combined with juggling family and other social commitments can really take its toll on busy working Moms and Dads. Two studies have recently been conducted by small business supplies company Viking to try and see exactly how stressed we all are and what (who?!) is at the route of it. The first study was a survey in which 2,000 office workers across the UK noted down their stress levels and what they thought caused it. The other group were a group of 200 volunteers who took part in a ‘stress thermometer’ test where their body temperatures were taken over a five day period. The findings have been illustrated in an infographic shown at the end of this post. What came out of the ‘stress thermometer’ test was that 41% of the volunteers recorded stress temperatures of 18C to 24C which shows levels ranging from ‘highly stressed’ ...