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TAIPEI: A new survey has shown that eight in ten employees in Taiwan are stressed out.
Administrator Chang Wan Juan works at a television company and she says she faces a heavy workload at the office every day, doing the things that are usually taken care of by two or three people.
Based on the results of the survey, close to half of the respondents attributed their stress to their bosses and one third blamed it on excessive workload.
Long working hours caused one quarter of the respondents to feel stressed.
Latest figures by the Statistics Bureau showed that 2.33 million Taiwanese worked over time last year.
They worked an average of 11-hour days. Yet in the past years, 77 percent of businesses in Taiwan did not increase their workers' wages.
Sleep and meditation were cited as the most common ways to fight stress. Four in ten respondents said they were ready to plunge into another work day after a good rest.
One third said they coped with stress by focusing on happy thoughts such as their families and beautiful scenery.
For some, eating and drinking helped them to relieve stress.
But about 40 percent confessed to losing control in the office when stressed out.
Those respondents who did not get stressed at work said they enjoyed what they do and looked forward to spending time in the office.
- CNA/so
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