For many Americans, going to work after the 2024 election and moving forward into a new administration can feel challenging. For many, feeling the political and social tension has been difficult, and may even feel impossible at times. If you’re feeling a sense of dread at work following the election and moving forward into a new administration, know that this is a normal reaction.

Feeling stressed out at work? Stress is a common issue in the workplace and in other areas of life—sometimes, it’s unavoidable. The question is, has your stress become so prolonged that it’s taken over your life? If that’s the case, you may actually be experiencing burnout. You may be wondering, what’s the difference between stress and burnout? This blog will explain the difference.

Unfortunately, stress is a common workplace experience and can be caused by many different variables. Feeling stressed out at work can lead to other challenging emotions—burnout, poor mental and physical well-being, disengagement, and resentment towards your work. Stress may not only negatively affect your work, but can also trickle down to your personal life. 

Experiencing anxiety because you have to go into the office after working in a remote environment? Maybe your work was temporarily remote because of the COVID pandemic or maybe you had a career change from a hybrid or remote organization to an on-site organization. Whatever the reason for reentering an onsite work environment is, it’s an understandable adjustment that can cause stress. Although there are pros and cons to both work environments, it’s common to have anxiety around going back to an onsite work environment.

Occasional feelings of anxiety are common and everyone has them from time to time. But what if you’ve been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder? Navigating an anxiety disorder in the workplace can be extremely challenging, especially when your coworkers may not know the difference between common anxiety and your specific disorder.

If you’re one of the millions of people working the night shift, you know your work comes with hardships and frustrations, many of which can take a toll. If you’re looking for strategies to deal with the mental and physical challenges of your work, Empower Work is here to help—whether you’re a nurse, delivery driver, emergency medical responder, utility worker, warehouse associate, janitor, security guard, rideshare driver, or any other job on the night shift.