1.3 million workers dissatisfied with work and many are depressed: StatsCan
More than one million Canadian workers were dissatisfied with their jobs in 2002, according to a new report by Statistics Canada.
This dissatisfaction can hurt the bottom line, according to the report Unhappy on the Job. Workers who were dissatisfied at work took three times as many sick days as workers who were very satisfied with their jobs.
The report found income and stress played a large role in job dissatisfaction.
For men whose annual incomes were less than $20,000, 15 per cent of them were dissatisfied with their jobs, while only five per cent of men whose incomes were at least $60,000 were dissatisfied at work.
One in four workers who found most days extremely stressful were dissatisfied with their jobs, but only one in 15 workers for whom stress was not an issue were dissatisfied with their jobs.
About one-quarter of workers reported high levels of general stress in their daily lives, according to another report, Stress and Depression in the Employed Population. The report also found that stress, on and off the job, is related to depression. In all, 70 per cent of the more than one million adults who had experienced a major depressive episode in 2001 were employed during the episode.
Men and women who considered most days to be quite a bit or extremely stressful were more than three times as likely to have suffered from depression compared to those who reported low levels of stress.
Men were more likely than women to be adversely affected by work-related stress with men in high stress jobs 2.5 times more likely than those in low strain jobs to suffer from depression compared. Women in high-stress jobs were only 1.6 times more likely than their low-stress counterparts to suffer from depression.
This dissatisfaction can hurt the bottom line, according to the report Unhappy on the Job. Workers who were dissatisfied at work took three times as many sick days as workers who were very satisfied with their jobs.
The report found income and stress played a large role in job dissatisfaction.
For men whose annual incomes were less than $20,000, 15 per cent of them were dissatisfied with their jobs, while only five per cent of men whose incomes were at least $60,000 were dissatisfied at work.
One in four workers who found most days extremely stressful were dissatisfied with their jobs, but only one in 15 workers for whom stress was not an issue were dissatisfied with their jobs.
About one-quarter of workers reported high levels of general stress in their daily lives, according to another report, Stress and Depression in the Employed Population. The report also found that stress, on and off the job, is related to depression. In all, 70 per cent of the more than one million adults who had experienced a major depressive episode in 2001 were employed during the episode.
Men and women who considered most days to be quite a bit or extremely stressful were more than three times as likely to have suffered from depression compared to those who reported low levels of stress.
Men were more likely than women to be adversely affected by work-related stress with men in high stress jobs 2.5 times more likely than those in low strain jobs to suffer from depression compared. Women in high-stress jobs were only 1.6 times more likely than their low-stress counterparts to suffer from depression.
