If you have ever thought of quitting your miserable job and you need an extra reason to do so, consider the surprising toll it’s taking on your body, mind, family and your entire life.
A bad job can give you “desk potato” aches and pains
According to a 2013 survey from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), two out of three office workers suffer pains in their lower back, neck, shoulders, and wrists which are attributed to common “desk potato” positions, such as sitting for long stretches, hunching over a keyboard, and staring at a monitor.
According to a 2013 survey from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), two out of three office workers suffer pains in their lower back, neck, shoulders, and wrists which are attributed to common “desk potato” positions, such as sitting for long stretches, hunching over a keyboard, and staring at a monitor.
Additionally, the survey found that over 70 percent of office workers spent 5-plus hours each day parked at their desk. This can lead to weight gain and deconditioning of your muscles.
Your Job Can Make You Miserable at Home
Experts say employees are often surprised by the degree to which job-related anxiety and depression seep into other aspects of life. When you leave work, it would be ideal if you left the work behind.
Some people are able to do that well, but some experience ‘spillover effects,’ meaning they leave the office in a bad place psychologically then take their stress out on the people they live with.
This cross over isn’t limited to snapping at your spouse or kids. Car accidents off the job can be related to stress on the job because people are preoccupied with what was going on at work instead of paying attention to what’s in front of them.
Bad Job Causes Chronic Stress
If you’re engaged in a job you really dislike, every day you go to work you are experiencing the stress of not being happy. Prolonged stress may kick off a ripple effect of serious health problems.
If you’re engaged in a job you really dislike, every day you go to work you are experiencing the stress of not being happy. Prolonged stress may kick off a ripple effect of serious health problems.
Constant disagreement with your boss or worries over workload could activate the stress regions of your brain.
These activated areas in turn increase the levels of certain hormones in your blood, most importantly cortisol and norepinephrine, which then course through your body, wreaking havoc on both physical and mental health.
A Bad Job Could Give You Heart Problems
Stress hormones cause your blood vessels to narrow, which makes your blood pressure increase. More so, they also increase the rate of movement of cholesterol into the blood vessels of the heart, so the development of atherosclerotic heart disease [hardening of the arteries] is accelerated.
Stress hormones cause your blood vessels to narrow, which makes your blood pressure increase. More so, they also increase the rate of movement of cholesterol into the blood vessels of the heart, so the development of atherosclerotic heart disease [hardening of the arteries] is accelerated.
A 2015 publication in Current Cardiology Reports found that work stress such as “job strain and long working hours” was associated with a 10 to 40 percent greater risk of coronary heart disease and stroke.
Your Immunity Is Lowered
Stress hormones also have some negative effects on your ability to fight illness. They impair the function of your immune system so you are more prone to infection.
Stress hormones also have some negative effects on your ability to fight illness. They impair the function of your immune system so you are more prone to infection.
Also, the open floor plan offices that are the norm these days could be increasing your exposure to germs, says a 2011 study in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health.
Researchers found that employees in open-plan offices took up to 62 percent more sick days. Furthermore, these hormones also change the function of the immune system so you are more prone to have difficulties with an autoimmune condition, such as Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis.
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