workplace stress
Job-related mental strain
Workplace stress is the physical and emotional strain that arises from job demands, pressures, or conditions.
It encompasses tension from deadlines, difficult colleagues, excessive workload, or job insecurity: Workplace stress was affecting her sleep.
The term frames stress as specifically occupational, often in discussions of employee wellbeing or burnout prevention.
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- job insecurityUncertainty about continued employment
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- brain fogCognitive sluggishness and confusion
- emotional exhaustionDepleted capacity for feeling
Sunday scaries · anxiety · depression · micromanagement · toxic boss · bullying · passive aggressive · overwork · absenteeism · quiet quitting · mental health resources · mental health day · deadlines · presenteeism · flexible schedules · tension · open office · overload
- work problemslayoff, firing, low pay, burnout, deadline pressure
- Work Fearsjob anxiety, meeting anxiety, performance anxiety, career anxiety
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
- workplace psychologyorganizational culture, employee motivation, office politics, micromanagement, job satisfaction
- occupational healthoccupational health, OSHA compliance, safety training, ergonomics, hearing tests
- teacher psychologyteacher burnout, teacher expectations, self-efficacy, job satisfaction, morale
workplace stresswork-life balance
Managing career and home
occupational health · leisure time · downtime · time off · vacation
workplace stresshostile work environment
Legally actionable workplace harassment