Stress in Factory Work

Every job that I have ever had has been factory work. There can be lots of stress. Sometimes people just don't get along. There is so much envy. One man is always trying to out do the next man. Sometimes you might look around and wonder why some people can get away with some things and others cannot. You have been told that the answer is favoritism. People swear up and down that there has been a lot of courting going on between the employees and the employers. Some move up higher. Some never get anywhere. One person gets paid $10 an hour, and the other person gets paid less doing the same job and devoted. Both people have been there for years. They are barely making it. Then there is conflict between everyone. There is sexual harassment. There is too much backstabbing going on. People gossip and set traps. When this happens, people can't trust each other. Employees have problems at home then they bring their problems to the job. When your boss really wants to help get to the bottom of the problem, you are afraid to talk. He wants to know what's going on. You may be the innocent one and can help, but you just don't want to make things worse. It involves a lot of people and it begins to affect you because of trouble makers. You are afraid to say and do anything.

They say one bad apple spoils the whole bunch. That one bad apple can make them all rotten. You start to look around and you see your best friends falling out from diabetes that they never had before, breast cancer, high blood pressure, anemic problems, muscle pains, head aches, sinus problems get worse, and tension. You don't know what's wrong. The answer is stress. Then they tell you that you have a problem when you didn't create the problem. They tell you that you are imagining things and that you need to take time off. Sometimes your time is really not your own. You don't have much time and you try not to use your time incase you get sick. Then your child is constantly sick. There is death in the family. It's a bad time for you and they have to let you go because you used all of your time. You just don't know what to do. You see people crying and upset. You suddenly see them walking out and going home. You began to see bits and pieces of things. After a while it all comes together.

When your supervisor can't get his way, you feel threatened. You feel that he is forcing you to take a new job that you don't want to do. He has problems too. Somebody is on his case. You are needed in another person's place. Then you don't get the pay that you deserve. Everybody is scared to stand up for what is right. Nobody sticks together. You get tired of fighting. When your boss or team leader asks you what's wrong, you don't tell him because you figured he has heard it all before and nothing can be done about it. Instead, it goes on and on like the energizer bunny. People get attitudes. They start treating each other really mean. Everyone is afraid of the owner of the company. That's not a good sign. So what can you do? You can go on and on about the problems that are there. There is just too many and all that you know is you must find another job.