Almost 1 out of 5 French employees (19%) experiences daily stress at work, which can trigger numerous pathologies.
France is one of the worst European countries for stress at work, according to a new ADP survey (Automatic Data Processing). We are still among the most anxious employees, with almost 1 respondent in 5 (19%) experiencing daily stress at work. In this context, 31% of French people think that their employer is not at all interested in their psychological well-being and 41% say that their interest is only superficial, which is in both cases higher than the European average. .
Ill-being at work remains a taboo
Despite these significant figures, ill-being at work remains a taboo. 32% of workers say they are not comfortable enough to talk about it in a professional setting. Among the least reluctant, 58% could discuss it with friends or close colleagues, while almost 20% are ready to open up to their manager. Barely 11% would dare to inform Human Resources.
Carlos Fontelas de Carvalho, President of ADP in France and Switzerland, comments: “When we know that one in four people is at risk of suffering from a psychological health problem during their lifetime, it is very worrying to note that 30% of employees in Europe do not dare to speak about it freely… Problems of ill-being at work are often the cause of absenteeism, decline in performance, burnout sometimes and there is no reason not to approach them head-on and not to treat them in the same way as physical illnesses.”
Parisians are not the most stressed at work
Contrary to popular belief, Parisians are not the most stressed at work. These are first of all the inhabitants of the South-West (24%) then of the Center region (22%) and those of Île de France (20%). In comparison, malaise at work seems less significant in the West and North of France, with 16% of respondents declaring that they are stressed on a daily basis at work.
The study also shows that the younger generations are apparently more comfortable than their elders with the idea of discussing their difficulties. Among people aged 16 to 34, more than three-quarters (79%) say they are ready to raise a well-being problem at work if it arises, compared to only 61% of those over 55.
Stress is the cause of many pathologies
Its impact is often underestimated, but stress is the cause of many pathologies. “We can make an analogy with hypertension: everyone has blood pressure, the problem is when we have too much”, explains to the New Obs Doctor Patrick Légeron, psychiatrist at Sainte-Anne hospital in Paris. The private sphere is not spared by the phenomenon, as recently demonstrated the facebook post of a mom in full burnout, which has gone viral on the web.
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