Job Stress Index 2020: Employees often lack balance
Faster, higher, further: younger people in particular suffer from work intensification! This is shown by a look at the Job Stress Index 2020 of Health Promotion Switzerland. Both employees and employers would do well to invest in a good balance of personal resources now.
The average job stress index of the Swiss workforce has again deteriorated. At 50.83, the difference to 2018 is only slight, but there is an extraordinary deterioration compared to the values of the 2014 and 2016 surveys. Three out of ten employees report stress - more than half of them are emotionally exhausted. This consequence of stress is one of the main characteristics of burnout. This figure has risen since the first measurement in 2014 from around a quarter to almost a third by now.
Job Stress Index 2020: Benefits worth around CHF 7.6 billion destroyed
A projection for the year 2020 shows that an economic potential of around 7.6 billion Swiss francs could be exploited by reducing work-related stress - and this is already the case with a balanced relationship between resources and burdens. On the one hand, due to absent employees and, on the other hand, due to present employees who are able to cope with less than normal due to reduced performance. So it's clear that far-sighted employers are investing in employee balance now. Only those who know what is good for their body and know how to use their resources optimally can withstand higher stresses.
More balance and productivity thanks to heart rate variability measurement
Systematic occupational health management can reduce work-related stress and increase productivity. It should therefore be logical and also in the interest of managers in companies to create health-promoting conditions for their employees. This is exactly where, for example, the program "Resource Management HRV by DI MIND", a measurement method of heart rate variability, comes in. It enables the visualization of employees' daily use of resources and shows how they can make better use of them.
Successful operation with the police
The program has already enabled many police officers to better recognize and interpret their body's individual signals and develop appropriate measures to master the challenges of the police profession. Using the scientific method of the Finnish company Firstbeat Technologies Oy, heart rate variability (HRV) is recorded, concrete data on stress, sleep, work, leisure time as well as physical activities are documented, analyzed by DI MIND specialists and discussed personally. This creates awareness and enables preventive solutions to be taken, thus taking an important step towards a better quality of life. This applies not only to police officers, but to everyone.
The program "Resource Management HRV by DI MIND" is a useful tool for responsible employers and enables employees to better recognize and interpret the individual signals of their own body and to develop suitable measures to master the challenges in everyday life. This gives them an impressive insight into their lifestyle that either confirms or shakes them up! Either way, an important step towards more quality of life and also productivity.
Source and information: Di Mind
