Job burnout worse for your heart than smoking

"Stress" is a major cause of heart attacks....You can paint it anyway you want, but most stress is job related....Even if it's a house wife/husband at home taking care of kids and the home.

That one of the "main reasons" for not bringing "the job" home to your family; At that point you have invaded your personal refuge and then the family's life with stress from work..

I've had the Cardio conditions and mild heart attacks (no such thing) until I underwent a quad by-pass several years ago....I retired about 9 months after that, but had enough time,just over 30 years to take advantage of what was offered by our Company....Best thing I ever did in my life; And I have never looked back...It was about 15 years ago.

I think I was healthier years ago when I could smoke at my desk and when they didn't say to me, "You know, you're lucky to have a job".

Here in America it's work until you drop and then they'll kick you over the cliff. Fifty weeks at work, then if you're lucky a measly two week vacation, then you're right back for another fifty weeks with your wonderful boss. And don't forget about that enlightening evaluation coming up.

I believe it.  It doesn't help that I have Asperger syndrome and employers are very mean to people with Aspergers even if we are doing our job and doing it well.  It seems like employers think God put those of us with autism-spectrum disorders into existence so they can emotionally abuse us and bully us. 

About two years ago, I attended a disability rights caucus, and an attorney who helps people apply for and receive social security disability said that it is relatively easy for people with Aspergers to get SSD because employers are so mean to them.  I believe it. I have been on the receiving end of a lot of abuse several jobs in a row, and there is NO excuse for it.

I have put off applying for disability for two reasons. I really would rather have a job but those of us with Aspergers are usually on the outside looking in when it comes to employment because employers' small minds will not let them give us a chance and because I really don't want to collect disability for a relatively invisible disability.  People would be trying to "turn me in" right and left for being a social security disability cheat.  I would be fighting a new crowd every week, people who cannot mind their own business, and don't try real hard to put themselves in the shoes of those of us who are marginalized for a disability we were born with and didn't ask for.  As for most employers and those who are bigoted against people with disabilities, especially the autism-spectrum disorders, if their minds were parachutes, they'd open on impact.  That is what I like to tell people who are bigots about their close-mindedness and bigotry.  I can defend myself if they actually physically attack me, and before I live my full lifespan, I do expect a bigot type to assault me because that is the way they are.  I also like to tell bigoted types and bullies that their attitude is my only real disability, and that if they mind, they don't matter.  Those who don't mind the fact that I am different in the way that I am, those are the people who matter in life.

i read thru their survey questions, and many of them i'd classify as "leading questions" that beg a desired answer.  i'm surprised they didn't re-tune the survey differently unless they WANTED a specific result. 

i agree job burnout is real.  i swear half my life since 1979 has been under the threat of layoff.  and i've had my share of a-hole bosses.  i'm not surprised the result doesn't affect your heart.  but i think their results would be more conclusive if they spent time designing a better survey set of questions