Discuss where to put the jobs in the box in the stress league on the next page. Rating is from 10 to 0: the higher the rating, the greater the pressure. 

You work in the human resources department of a large company. Discuss how you would deal with these problems. Use expressions from the Useful language box below to help you.

1 More and more staff are taking medicine, e.g. anti-depressants, because they feel highly stressed at work. They are often sick, or pretend they are sick, and take days off work.

2 Many employees feel uncertain about their jobs and careers in the company.They worry about the future. They are constantly anxious and don’t sleep  well.

3 Some staff are stressed because they feel they have no control over their work and they don’t participate in decisions. They say they feel ‘worthless’ and are not valued by management.