Stress In The Workplace

Upon taking all of the surveys provided in the assignment this week. The only one that stood out to me and gave me something new to think about was the Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory assessment. This assessment was quick and simple and provided a solid conclusion to what could happen. It states that “150 to 300 pts implies about a 50% chance of a major health breakdown in the next 2 years”, I scored 293. I had experienced some of the life events that had a high mean value but as I got closer to the lower mean value life events they started to add up quickly. My life has been changing recently and it will continue to which makes me believe I will have a major health breakdown and since I am close to that 300pts it increases my odds. The other surveys just confirmed the type of person I was and how I handle certain patience and coping. The first step I will take in my professional career is to effectively weigh out my options/choices before making them. I think there is always time to participate in critical thinking and analyze what I am deciding for myself and for my family(wife). Another step that I want to take is to step up when certain actions from others are wrong. Before as an employee at the bottom of the totem pole, I always felt like I had no say even if I had the resources available. That would cause more stress and evidently affect my work. Now that I am moving “up” and transferring into a professional environment it makes me feel that I will have the ability to solve more work problems to reduce stress and anxieties.

The Associated General Contractors of America provided efforts to “commit to a culture of care” as they put it. The construction industry has the highest rate of suicide among male workers. The main part of what could be happening is the feeling of being unwelcome and excluded. They provided that people who feel unwelcome and excluded “have higher rates of psychological and emotional stress and more likely to have accidents”. AGC has pledged to build a culture that is safe, welcoming, and included everyone. CARE, Commit, Attract, Retain and Empower is what AGC believes will provide a harassment-free environment to reduce the issues that were brought up earlier, especially suicides. This is just one of many programs that the construction industry has in place to combat many other issues that affect construction workers all over the world.

Information found here : https://www.agcwa.com/about-culture-of-care/