Stress
I wrote down this quote a long time ago, came across it today and I'm not sure if I ever put it on my blog. It's from the book Emotional Intelligence:
"When emotionally upset, people cannot remember, attend, learn or make decisions clearly. As one management consultant put it, 'Stress makes people stupid.'"
It is incongruous, then, that I have seen so many job advertisements looking for people who can perform under stress. That is starting to be a major warning sign for me when looking at job ads. Looking for people who can work in high stress conditions indicates an employer that is regressive. I want to be employed by an employer who seeks to make the workplace a less stressful environment, who seeks to give employees the ability to balance work and the rest of life.
"When emotionally upset, people cannot remember, attend, learn or make decisions clearly. As one management consultant put it, 'Stress makes people stupid.'"
It is incongruous, then, that I have seen so many job advertisements looking for people who can perform under stress. That is starting to be a major warning sign for me when looking at job ads. Looking for people who can work in high stress conditions indicates an employer that is regressive. I want to be employed by an employer who seeks to make the workplace a less stressful environment, who seeks to give employees the ability to balance work and the rest of life.
posted by Jude | 11:23 AM
2 Comments:
Interestingly when I am stressed at work, that is when I consider getting another job.
When I'm most stressed, is NOT the time to make a major life-changing decision.
I had to edit a job description at work that contained the phrase "must be able to manage conflicting deadlines."
Strangely enough, the word "masochist" wasn't in the job title.
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