Thursday, April 14, 2011

Low-Paying Jobs Result in Poor Mental Health

If you fall into the category of stress-prone, be very careful in choosing a job! Working in the office of the less noticed was the welfare of their employees have an impact far worse mental health than being unemployed.
This is revealed in a study conducted by a team of The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. In the survey revealed that people who experience the transition from unemployment to employees with salaries that do not satisfy the claim more stress after work.

In addition to a just and satisfactory salaries, employee benefits are both measured from the level of stress on the job, career paths, flexible work hours, and good communication between superiors and subordinates.


"People who only see black and white, the unemployed and employees tend to feel that all jobs are created equal, when it is not so," said Joseph Grzywacz, community and family medicine specialists who conduct this research.

His research based on a survey of more than 7,000 people in Australia for seven years, beginning in 2001. The respondents were also asked to fill out questionnaires about symptoms of depression or anxiety, as well as positive emotions such as calmness and happiness.

In general, people who have jobs feel more happy than unemployment. But when looking deeper, such as age, gender, level of education, and health status, the unemployment better than people who work but with poor welfare.

People from both groups also showed a decrease of mental health from time to time.

It is expected to be a concern for the company's management board, because of stress, fatigue and anger are a result of dissatisfaction can make a person's emotions are not controlled.
There are several things that suggested by the research team to improve the welfare of its employees, among others, improve security in works by giving certainty to employees, although their status is a contract.

"Companies should make the rules flexible so that employees do not feel compelled to choose between work and family, for example, if their child is sick," said Grzywacz.

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