ストレスあれこれStress by Generations

職場にはいろいろな世代の方が働いていますが、世代や仕事のポジションによってストレスは様々です。

どんなことがストレスになるのでしょうか。

新入社員・若年者のストレス

学生生活からの変化・結婚生活を始める変化などの環境変化からくるストレスが多いようです。

また入社してから仕事への不適応にともなうストレスも多くみられています。

中高年・管理職のストレス

責任・仕事の幅が拡張することへのストレスが多く、メンタルヘルス不調を訴えることが多くなる世代です。

上司からの締め付けと、部下の指導がうまくできずにそのはざまで悩むことが多くなります。

また業務に対するストレスのみならず、ご家庭(結婚・子供の問題)のストレスも高くなるため、自分自身の健康管理が大切になります。

高年齢者のストレス

体力の衰えや、記憶力など身体面からくる疲労が多いようです。また職場では職位が固着する時期であるため、仕事への動機づけがなくなることが良くみられています。

また家庭ではご両親や配偶者の介護の問題なども増加する時期で、仕事との兼ね合いで悩む社員が多くなります。

 There are different kinds of stress by the generations as well as  positions at workplace. What becomes stress to each generation?  We typically observe below conditions at workplaces.

 

Stress of a new employee and a youth

 

There seem to be a lot of stresses which are brought in the transition of the environmental change such as departing from student life, starting an independent single life and getting married. We also acknowledge that when young employees are not adopting to the new environment, they have tendency to resign or take medical leave rather than the middle-aged employees.

 

Stress of the middle-aged and a manager

 

Employees in this generations usually feel stress with expanding the responsibilities and heavy workloads so that physical and mental conditions are sometimes at risk. It is very important for them to keep the balance between work and mental health. They are always exposed from boss’s severe pressures and subordinates’ requirements. Their stress is quite high according to the results of stress check.

As to a home environment, marital and child’s problems are often seen in this generation. It is said that their lives are stressful both at workplace and home.

 

Stress of a senior employee

 

There seem to be a lot of decline of physical strength and cognitive performance. They are easy to feel fatigue and sometimes memory loss.

Their positions and salaries are also fixed by this time, it is easy to lose motivation to work.

They might feel burden to take care of older parents, as well as marital problem sometimes feel lonely with empty nest syndrome.