The document discusses workplace anxiety, highlighting its common causes such as bosses, heavy workloads, and poor communication. It offers strategies for reducing anxiety, including regular one-on-one meetings, promoting an asynchronous communication culture, and encouraging breaks. Additional resources for addressing workplace anxiety can be found at complish.app/blog.

1. HOW TO
REDUCE
WORKPLACE
ANXIETY

2. That's probably one of the questions that
either you or a member of your team has
had in their mind while experiencing
workplace anxiety.
Can you get fired
for having anxiety
at work?

3. What is
workplace
anxiety?
The feeling of dread that is caused directly by
work-related stressors. Work anxiety is not
uncommon for professionals, especially in new
or unknown situations, such as switching to
remote work for the first time.

4. What causes workplace
anxiety?
Boss
35% of professionals
reported that their
main source of work
stress was their boss.
Workload
39% of workers
reported that heavy
workload was another
main cause of work
stress.
Communication
80% of workers in the
US reported being
stressed due to
ineffective company
communication.
Source: Stress.org

5. Other Sources of
Workplace Anxiety
Too many meetings
Working long hours
Feeling lack of control
Unrealistic deadlines and goals
Office politics and bureaucracy

6. Improve Health and
Wellness in the Workplace
Use 1-1 Meetings
Ask employees how they feel
during 1-1 meetings or ask
HR to conduct regular
surveys with an option to
submit anonymous answers.
Async-first culture
Zoom doesn't have to be the
default form of
communication. For example,
replace daily standups with
async check-ins using
Complish.
Take breaks
Encourage employees to take
breaks and vacations
regularly and use tools like
Spock to make filing
vacations easy.

7. Head over to Complish.app/blog for
more resources about reducing
workplace anxiety.