When it comes to psychological problems then depression seems to be having the upper hand. And from vulnerability point of view, office workers seem to be the worst sufferers. Confirming this fact further, a new online survey, conducted by jobs website Job Korea of 1,036 office workers on Wednesday, unveiled that 44.6 per cent of the respondents accepted that they were depressed.
Responsible factors behind depression (as this survey reveales):
• Among 43.5 per cent of the employees, uncertain future with the company was the main cause behind depression.
• Among 35.5 per cent of the workers, rank factor was responsible for depression.
• Among 32 per cent of the workers, job-related responsibilities had kicked off depression.
• 31 per cent of the workers held losing out of corporate incentives responsible for their depression.
Actually, this much of rise in depression cases is restricted to not only few countries but to the whole world. As in America, about 1.8 to 3.6 per cent of the workers suffer from major depression and in case of Ireland too, it is estimated that one in every 14 workers is affected with depression. Here it is worth mentioning that depression is restricted not only to play havoc with our health but world-economy is also at its target
Intrusion of depression, especially among the workforce of this world is quite a bad indication, especially for the world economy, as the rising tide of depression may once again pave way for the replication of ‘Great Depression’ by affecting working capabilities of the workers.
Depression, especially at workplace affects workers’ productivity, ability, judgment, to work with others, and overall job performance. The incapacity to focus fully or make decisions may lead to costly mistakes or accidents. In addition, it has been proved that depressed individuals have high rates of absenteeism and are more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs, resulting in other problems on and off the job.
Therefore, if we still look at depression considering it a personal problem then it would be a big slip-up, since in the present scenario, it is no longer a personal problem but a social as well as an economic problem. Keeping in view this thing it could be said that employers will have to make sure that the seeds of depression may sprout in their employees and this could be made possible by ensuring that workers get congenial working atmosphere, including some motivating factors as well.
