Work-related stress can impact one's mental health. Which is why Saurabh Tiwari says he's fortunate that his company understands this and is doing whatever it can to help mitigate that stress.
"My company provides opportunities according to my interest, and if anyone is feeling stressed or has additional workload, they can talk with their supervisor to resolve it," says the 31-year-old who's working from home for a Bengaluru-based IT firm.
Not everyone's as lucky.
A Deloitte survey said employees considered workplace-related stress to be the biggest factor affecting their mental health. Poor mental health costs Indian firms a combined $14 billion every year, the report added. Globally, it was worse. The World Health Organisation estimated that the international economy had to forego $1 trillion in lost productivity every year.
This story is from the December 05, 2022 edition of Business Standard.
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