http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/11/03/your-workplace-your-health/ The source on how we live, work and play Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/11/03/your-workplace-your-health/comment-page-1/#comment-7171 Elizabeth M Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:43:24 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=4640#comment-7171 Yes, a resounding yes - your workplace can absolutely affect your health. And it can affect your relationship and your mental state and then some. We spend most of our waking hours working. If that environment isn't healthy and happy the majority of the time, you're going to suffer. Sometimes there is nothing an employee can do about the job they're in or the working conditions they have to endure - demanding, non-empathetic, and poorly trained supervisors can make daily life miserable. The only way you can personally take control in a situation like that is to find another job. Some work stress simply cannot be controlled within the environment that's creating the stress. After two jobs where my employers put the work first and my health at the very bottom of everything else, I've learned that you have to make yourself number one and make no apologies about it. No one else will do it for you. Boundaries have to become one of your best friends. Yes, a resounding yes – your workplace can absolutely affect your health. And it can affect your relationship and your mental state and then some. We spend most of our waking hours working. If that environment isn’t healthy and happy the majority of the time, you’re going to suffer. Sometimes there is nothing an employee can do about the job they’re in or the working conditions they have to endure – demanding, non-empathetic, and poorly trained supervisors can make daily life miserable. The only way you can personally take control in a situation like that is to find another job. Some work stress simply cannot be controlled within the environment that’s creating the stress. After two jobs where my employers put the work first and my health at the very bottom of everything else, I’ve learned that you have to make yourself number one and make no apologies about it. No one else will do it for you. Boundaries have to become one of your best friends.

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