25% of employees have quit a job because of work stress

25% of employees have quit a job because of work stress25% of employees have quit a job because of work stressNew data from collaborative work management platform Wrike shows that 25% of workers surveyed in America and the UK say that they have quit a position because of work stress.For the research, 1,613 adult, full-time office employees in the US and UK were polled via SurveyMonkey Audience 68% in the US and 32% in the UK.What work stress has driven employees to doPeople in both nations weighed in on what theyve done because of work stress, with the option to spielblttchen multiple choicesSearched for a new job 56%Been unable to sleep 54%Ive stopped caring / Checked out 46%Taken unplanned time off 39%Taken it out on my friends/family 38%Lost my temper at work 35%Quit a job 25%Asked for a raise 18%Threatened to quit 16%Sought professional help for stress management 15%Filed complaints through official channels 12%None of these 9%Heres how stressed people actually are while at wor kWhen asked about their average level of stress in the office, a slim 5% of Americans said they have none, while 27% said its low, 39% said its moderate, 23% said its high and 6% said its unsustainably high.But when all workers were surveyed abouttheir reasons for feeling stressed, 39% said its because of poor communication, 28% said its due to team members not pulling their weight on projects, and 25% saidit was because ofbottlenecks, waiting on others to take action.Wrike CEO Andrew Filev commented on the research in a statementThe pace of work has accelerated as a result of a number of converging trends from digitalization to the on-demand economy and globalization. Work is often expected yesterday, and in trying to keep up with the sometimes breakneck speed, workers are stressing themselves to the point of burnout, he said. This report shows that communication and collaboration must be optimized - just like the assembly line during the Industrial Revolution with digital tools that make work as frictionless as possible, increase productivity, and create a place where teamwork can thrive.