Dysfunctional workplaces cause health problems for employees and hurt bottom line, via IrishTimesBiz
Among other things they destroy engagement, increase employee turnover and push up health-related costs for companies if employees are constantly out sick and for the wider healthcare system which often ends up treating the result of workplace-related illnesses. Prof Pfeffer believes the environment we work in is just as important as the one we live in, and that workplaces need to be made healthier and better places to be.
This comes as little surprise to Alex Bunting, group director of therapeutic and wellbeing services at Belfast-based mental health charity and social enterprise, Inspire, which has seen growing demand from the corporate sector for its services. The all-Ireland body works with more than 100 corporates across the 32 counties, from SMEs to Government departments.
“We are constantly seeing people under huge workplace pressure and turning to things like drugs and alcohol to cope,” he adds. “Alcohol is ingrained in our culture. It’s often part of the weekly shop and after a bad day some people will have a glass of wine to relax. But if one glass becomes two or three or a bottle then it becomes a real problem.”
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