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The Benefits of Offering Psychological Support to Workers
All companies should have one
Why offer employee psychological support?
Work and professional development can be seen as a source of personal satisfaction and fulfillment. This determination would undoubtedly be the most desirable situation, knowing that work is where we spend about 30% of our lives and that our career path is getting longer and longer.
In contrast, we know that today (2017), we face tasks with high demand or high volume, they ask us to be flexible and ready for change, we have to distribute time depending on work schedules, we need to know how to combine personal life with the professional or we are subject to different styles of command and toxic situations in human interactions, etc.
Now, the conditions of the organization, the type of work, the schedules, the culture of the worker, personal situations outside the workplace can have a significant impact on health and work performance.
Mental health problems at work are often an answer, although prolonged exposure negatively affects well-being. These unfavorable situations can develop pathological consequences on physical and mental health such as anxiety, work stress, depression, muscle aches, or dependence on substances such as…