Flexible Working as Way to Cut Stress, Says Regus

Vietnamese workers are getting more stressed, reveals the latest research by workspace provider Regus. The survey, canvassing the opinions of over 16,000 professionals across the globe, found that almost three quarters of Vietnamese workers (71 percent) say their stress levels have risen over the past year.

 

A number of national factors such as serious strains on the education system and labour market, as well as continuing instability in the world economy are thought to have fuelled this growing pressure and respondents confirm that most stress triggers are of a professional rather than personal nature, with their job, customers and personal finances topping the list of causes.

 

The research also focused on possible solutions and found that over half (59 percent) of Vietnamese respondents identify flexible working as a way of cutting stress.

 

According to the research, main causes of stress are: work (71 percent), customers (59 percent) and personal finances (53 percent); 59 percent of respondents say flexible working reduces stress; With 47 percent of respondents saying that flexible working is also cheaper than fixed location working and 77 percent that it improves productivity – it would seem that helping staff to de-stress is also highly cost-effective; Globally, small business workers were more likely to be stressed by customers (42 percent) than large business workers (27 percent), but were less vexed by management (20 percent) than their counterparts in larger firms (40 percent).