NHS and local government workers top stress list

摘要

Public sector workers are increasingly stressed and dissatisfied with their work, according to a new survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. As many as 38 percent of NHS workers and 30 percent of local government workers find their work very stressful, compared to an average of 25 percent. Nurses, doctors and teachers are among those most likely to suffer. The Pressure At Work And The Psychological Contract survey shows that the psychological contract (the mutual expectations of employer and employees) is worse amongst public sector workers than in the private sector. Levels of satisfaction, trust and commitment are all lower -for example, whilst more than half of workers in other sections feel fairly treated by their managers, this drops to 2 out of 5 in central government.