Question

Do you agree or disagree with the fact that the jobs affect the mental wellbeing of an employee to the extent of depression? Justify your answer with reasons

Answer 1

Now this question is something that has two sides one can't just bluntly say job affects the mental well being of an employee.This is a situation that vary from person to person.Not necessarily it will have affect on mental well being but in certain cases it do impact the mental well being.

The situation can be of two types the person can be of two types firstly if the job is exhaustive and there is continuous mental pressure and tension then it will certainly effect the mental health of employee as he will be under constant pressure on the other hand there are people who tackle the same situation smartly as they don't take up so much burden .The people who are carefree type.For example in sales there is pressure of target all the times .A constant bombarding is being done from the top authorities on the employees to achieve target ,there is a constant target pressure but we can't say that every sales employee is suffering from mental well being.Yes few might be there who won't be able to take up such pressure.There are people with characteristics who are workoholic and when there is no work they get frustrated and become restless.Hence it totally depends on employee to employee and situation to situation and to a great extent the work culture of an organization.The leaders have to take care of his or her each and every employee and must look out if there is any such condition.
Mental well being is a big term it varies with every case or people it's not like fever or normal seasonal sickness which will show same kind of symptoms with every case. The conceptualisation of work stress is of crucial importance.Generally it is caused due to facts such as workload,physical environment,lack of structured working hour ,Dealing with clients,Unpredictability, unexpected difficulties,unrealistic demand pressure.These are few causes that lead to mental illness that can make one to slip into depression.I agree that jobs affect the mental well being of an employee to the extent of depression but it varies from person to person situation to situation.