{"id":77022,"date":"2015-06-09T21:12:12","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T01:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-22T15:54:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T19:54:42","slug":"it-pro-relationships-suffer-from-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/it-pro-relationships-suffer-from-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Pro Relationships Suffer From Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/under30ceo.com\/take-the-stress-out-of-promoting-your-brand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-105901\" title=\"IT Pro Relationships Suffer From Stress\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/man_stresssed.jpg?resize=134%2C110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IT Pro Relationships Suffer From Stress\" width=\"134\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/man_stresssed.jpg?resize=150%2C123&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/man_stresssed.jpg?resize=75%2C62&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/man_stresssed.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GFI Software<\/a><\/strong> released the results of their fourth annual<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210921025418\/https:\/\/www.gfi.com\/pages\/IT-Stress-Survey-2015?adv=13512&amp;loc=127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IT Admin Stress Survey<\/a><\/strong>. The GFI <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/it-staff-experience-increasing-levels-of-stress-in-2015-300078256.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Presser<\/a> says <strong>IT professionals<\/strong> are increasingly feeling job-related stress. The IT Pros want to <strong>quit their current job due to stress<\/strong>. The study found that 78% of those surveyed experienced <a title=\"Occupational stress\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupational_stress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener wikipedia noreferrer\">workplace stress<\/a>. Almost 82% of respondents are actively considering leaving their current IT job due to workplace stress and dissatisfaction with working conditions.<\/p>\n<p>T<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-105903 size-full\" title=\"GFI Software\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/gfi_logo-3.png?resize=74%2C35&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"GFI Software\" width=\"74\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a>he new survey revealed a new <strong>four-year high<\/strong> in the number of <strong>relationships that have been impacted by work commitments<\/strong> intruding on personal life. More than 25% experienced this in the last year, up from 23% last year.\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Sergio Galindo<\/span>, general manager of GFI Software observed;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8230; this year&#8217;s IT Stress Survey makes for worrying reading. The 2015 survey results clearly show a substantial deterioration of the <strong>work\/life balance<\/strong> and <a title=\"Job satisfaction\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Job_satisfaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener wikipedia noreferrer\">job satisfaction<\/a> among the US IT workforce\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Key findings from the GFI survey<\/h3>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160905232953\/http:\/\/www.businessnewsdaily.com:80\/4229-information-technology-work-stress.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-105905\" title=\"substantial deterioration of the work\/life balance\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/stressed_worker-3.jpg?resize=122%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"substantial deterioration of the work\/life balance\" width=\"122\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/stressed_worker-3.jpg?resize=150%2C123&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/stressed_worker-3.jpg?resize=75%2C62&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/stressed_worker-3.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><\/a>78% of all U.S. IT staff surveyed consider their <strong>job stressful<\/strong> \u2013 up 1% from 2014.<\/li>\n<li>45% have <strong>missed social functions<\/strong> due to overrunning issues and tight deadlines at work, up from 38% in 2014.<\/li>\n<li>40% report <strong>missing time with their children<\/strong> due to work demands imposing on their personal time.<\/li>\n<li>38% of IT staff regularly <strong>lose sleep<\/strong> due to work pressures.<\/li>\n<li>The number of respondents experiencing <strong>stress-related illnesses<\/strong> increased slightly, to 27% from 25% in 2014.<\/li>\n<li>19% continue to report feeling in <strong>poor physical condition<\/strong> due to work demands, up 25% from last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Management and users cause stress<\/h3>\n<p>Pressure and unreasonable demands from management clearly emerged as the biggest contributing factor to workplace stress in 2015.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itproportal.com\/2015\/04\/14\/companies-struggle-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-105907\" title=\"substantial deterioration of job satisfaction\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman_business_stress-e1569286006644-150x106.jpg?resize=141%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"substantial deterioration of job satisfaction\" width=\"141\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman_business_stress-e1569286006644.jpg?resize=150%2C106&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman_business_stress-e1569286006644.jpg?resize=75%2C53&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman_business_stress-e1569286006644.jpg?w=472&amp;ssl=1 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a>28% of those surveyed singled out <strong>management as their biggest point of stress<\/strong>, down from over 36% last year.<\/li>\n<li>Stress caused by the <strong>users<\/strong> that IT staff look after jumped from 16% to 23%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b><\/b>Unpaid overtime<\/h3>\n<p>This year&#8217;s survey revealed continuing high amount of <strong>unpaid overtime required<\/strong> by IT staff to meet deadlines and deployments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>48% of those surveyed work <strong>up to eight unpaid hours<\/strong> of overtime a week, with a mean average of 8.1 hours a week of unpaid overtime worked.<\/li>\n<li>47% of those surveyed work <strong>eight hours or more<\/strong> overtime, unpaid, every week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>GFI GM Galindo observed:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Realistic IT budgets and staffing headcounts make a huge difference in both workplace happiness and productivity, for example, as does automating mundane and time-intensive tasks such as resetting passwords, patching computers and servers and looking for network vulnerabilities<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kleargear.com\/enlarge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-105909\" title=\"increases in staff looking to find another job\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/bug-out-bob.jpg?resize=100%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"increases in staff looking to find another job\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/bug-out-bob.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/bug-out-bob.jpg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/bug-out-bob.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>The GFI presser concludes that for the fourth year running, high workplace stress levels for IT professionals is an issue. The stress is dramatically impacting both employees and employers. These impacts are illustrated by increases in staff looking to find another job. Staff working increasing amounts of unpaid overtime to cope with workloads. A growing number of IT staff are also experiencing substantial disruption to their personal lives as a result of work demands.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>GFI has conducted this poll year after year and the results have not changed. <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2wgaW-U4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2wgaW-4gU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stress<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2wgaW-aM2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2wgaW-iok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stress<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related articles<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reed.co.uk\/career-advice\/blog\/2011\/november\/happiness-is-a-job-in-the-charity-sector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Happiness is a job in the charity sector<\/a> (reed.co.uk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GFI poll says on the job stress has broken a record number of IT Pro relationships showing a decline in work\/life balance and job satisfaction among IT workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363],"tags":[3277,2462,2456,2457,2463,1359],"class_list":["post-77022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care","tag-3277","tag-career","tag-gfi-software","tag-job-satisfaction","tag-relationships","tag-stress"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77022"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125885,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77022\/revisions\/125885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}