• Stress is the greatest enemy of productivity, performance and profit — it can cost companies up to 45 percent of their after-tax profits (Sears, 2008). The World Health Organization calls stress a "worldwide epidemic" costing US companies more than $300 billion a year in absenteeism, poor performance and health care costs.  Happy US companies report staff turnover rates 75% lower than the national average (American Psychological Association, 2010).    69% of employees report that work is a significant source of stress, 41% say they typically feel tense or stressed during the workday, and 51% say they are less productive at work as a result of stress (American Psychological Association, 2009). Fifty-two percent report they have considered or made a decision about their career such as looking for a new job, declining a promotion or leaving a job because of workplace stress (American Psychological Association, 2007). Days away from work as a result of stress was four times greater than days off for all nonfatal injury and illness cases (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2001). Healthcare spending for highly-stressed employees is 46% higher than for employees without high levels of stress (Goetzel et al., 1998). Job stress costs U.S. industry more than $300 billion a year in absenteeism, turnover, diminished productivity and medical, legal and insurance costs (Rosch, 2001).

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Stress Management is a core skill developed in InHappiness programs.

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Stress Tolerance — Each person has a stress limit beyond which they are

unable to function effectively. The closer their current stress is to that limit,

the smaller their tolerance for additional or unexpected stress.

By dramatically reducing stress levels, InHappiness programs significantly

increase participants’ ability to tolerate and cope with additional or

unexpected stress.

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Unhappiness can cost companies up to 50% of their profit.

Companies with high employee happiness have more than twice the earnings

per share and more than twice the rate of stock appreciation as the average

Standard & Poor's 500 company (Lee, 1997). 

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Depression is a major cause of productivity loss, absenteeism,

presenteeism, and disability. It can increase health care costs by up to 400%

(WHO) and contributes to the severity of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke 

(CDC). 

Depression costs US employers over $51 billion in absenteeism from work and

lost productivity and $26 billion in direct treatment costs each year (MHA).

Depression tops the list of health-related productivity costs in the workplace

(Loeppke, Taitel et al., 2009). It affects I in 5 employees (lifetime) and 1 in 20

employees (National Institute of Mental Health).

Depression can affect a worker's productivity, judgment, ability to work with

others, and overall job performance. The inability to concentrate fully or

make good decisions can lead to costly mistakes or accidents. Depressed

individuals have high rates of absenteeism and are more likely to abuse

alcohol and drugs, resulting in other problems on and off the job (Rimrock,

2013).