Stress Therapy in Providence
How and Why Job Insecurity Causes Stress Job insecurity isn’t just “part of the job”, it can be deeply damaging to people’s mental health and well-being. But this doesn’t mean we can’t do anything about it. Organizations and managers who act with transparency and fairness can reduce this uncertainty and help employees feel more secure. This will lead to happier employees shown through better performance, lower staff turnover and greater trust in their leaders. 1.Threat to basic needs and stability At a psychological level one of our core needs is for stability and predictability and we need to know roughly what lies ahead. When job security is threatened that sense of safety is undermined. People begin to worry about how they will pay the rent or mortgage or even how they will feed their family. When those basics are at risk, stress ensues. 2. Uncertainty breeds overthinking and anxiety When we don’t know what will happen we tend to imagine the worst. We replay possible scenarios...