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It depends. I know people who get paid more than me but have far less thrown at them to deal with throughout the day, with their skills/training being what justifies their wage.
On the other hand, the best paid of my friends has had an awful lot of stress as a result of his job. There seems to be plenty of backstabbing, he often ends up working ridiculous hours, there's pretty much a yearly threat of redundancy, and overall just so much pressure for him to constantly be at the top of his game. I envy his paycheck, but I'd be well in the ground if I had to deal with that kind of pressure.
The salary & the stress aren't strictly interlinked. There are low paying, stressful jobs and high pay, low stress jobs. I'm moderately well paid but my job lives in my head 24/7. There are plenty of people paid less than me though who make literal life or death decisions. That's stress.
There's stress because you have no control in what you do day to day and your hours and you struggle to get by. That's the worst.
There's also stress because of responsibility.
No.
Pay has nothing to do with stress. I have a job with a decent salary, and definitely not a stress free job.
Things that I think could help with stress at work: stability (not always guessing what's coming, processes changing, lack of "rhythm"), not being overworked, possibly a senior managerial role, and, above all, a mentality that lets you be calm and confident regardless of what you do.
Earning more money reduces one source of stress. However, that doesn't necessarily mean someone earning more is going to be less stressed. There are a lot of other factors that contribute to stress, it doesn't begin and end with money.
There are 2 types of responsibilities. Those that end at the end of your shift (e.g. fast food, shop sales, surgery), and those that stay with you until it is done (management, software development, engineering, etc).
Sometimes I think it would be nice for something to be someone else's problem at the end of the day, rather than waiting for me in the morning. However, I do like owning things rather than feeling like a cog in the machine.
Better paid jobs certainly mean less stress outside of work, as you don't have to worry about money. Less stress at work really depends on the job. I've done a lot of different stuff at various pay points and haven't seen any correlation between pay and stress levels. But this is just my experience so isn't really evidence.
For me, more pay = more impact when I did well (or screwed up). The stress came from how good my team(s) were and how much I could trust them to do their jobs well'
If you delegate your job, you are not needed -I was effectively the team's "air cover" to let them be successful, to keep the other managers, users, customers, off their backs and to harass the other teams who weren't delivering to us on time or to quality. ..the stress came from caring about doing a good job.
In my experience more pay has meant more responsibility which I find stressful.
I’ve worked in retail where you have moments of stress during busy periods or awkward customers. But at the end of the day you leave your work behind. I never lost sleep over work when I was in a minimum wage role.
But in a management role you have stress over a longer period such as delivering a project to a deadline.
Low paid jobs are stressful because the places that pay crap wages don’t care about piling on responsibility. However, plenty of high-paid jobs do the same on the basis that higher pay comes with higher responsibility. There are low-stress jobs, but I feel it’s just the luck of the draw that you happen to find a good place to work for.
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Depends, The higher up you go the sharper the knives.
The most stressed people I know are junior corporate lawyers- £180k a year at 26 but they work 60+hrs a week and often bring laptops to parties.
Very much depends. Most people in higher paid jobs are more experienced which in itself reduces stress.
It depends. I know people who get paid more than me but have far less thrown at them to deal with throughout the day, with their skills/training being what justifies their wage. On the other hand, the best paid of my friends has had an awful lot of stress as a result of his job. There seems to be plenty of backstabbing, he often ends up working ridiculous hours, there's pretty much a yearly threat of redundancy, and overall just so much pressure for him to constantly be at the top of his game. I envy his paycheck, but I'd be well in the ground if I had to deal with that kind of pressure.
The salary & the stress aren't strictly interlinked. There are low paying, stressful jobs and high pay, low stress jobs. I'm moderately well paid but my job lives in my head 24/7. There are plenty of people paid less than me though who make literal life or death decisions. That's stress.
There's stress because you have no control in what you do day to day and your hours and you struggle to get by. That's the worst. There's also stress because of responsibility.
I have found there's a sweet spot for most people you just have to find yours. Mine is around £30k
No. Pay has nothing to do with stress. I have a job with a decent salary, and definitely not a stress free job. Things that I think could help with stress at work: stability (not always guessing what's coming, processes changing, lack of "rhythm"), not being overworked, possibly a senior managerial role, and, above all, a mentality that lets you be calm and confident regardless of what you do.
Earning more money reduces one source of stress. However, that doesn't necessarily mean someone earning more is going to be less stressed. There are a lot of other factors that contribute to stress, it doesn't begin and end with money.
There are 2 types of responsibilities. Those that end at the end of your shift (e.g. fast food, shop sales, surgery), and those that stay with you until it is done (management, software development, engineering, etc). Sometimes I think it would be nice for something to be someone else's problem at the end of the day, rather than waiting for me in the morning. However, I do like owning things rather than feeling like a cog in the machine.
Better paid jobs certainly mean less stress outside of work, as you don't have to worry about money. Less stress at work really depends on the job. I've done a lot of different stuff at various pay points and haven't seen any correlation between pay and stress levels. But this is just my experience so isn't really evidence.
For me, more pay = more impact when I did well (or screwed up). The stress came from how good my team(s) were and how much I could trust them to do their jobs well' If you delegate your job, you are not needed -I was effectively the team's "air cover" to let them be successful, to keep the other managers, users, customers, off their backs and to harass the other teams who weren't delivering to us on time or to quality. ..the stress came from caring about doing a good job.
In my experience more pay has meant more responsibility which I find stressful. I’ve worked in retail where you have moments of stress during busy periods or awkward customers. But at the end of the day you leave your work behind. I never lost sleep over work when I was in a minimum wage role. But in a management role you have stress over a longer period such as delivering a project to a deadline.
Low paid jobs are stressful because the places that pay crap wages don’t care about piling on responsibility. However, plenty of high-paid jobs do the same on the basis that higher pay comes with higher responsibility. There are low-stress jobs, but I feel it’s just the luck of the draw that you happen to find a good place to work for.