The Economics of Employee Happiness www.trakstar.com | 911 E. Pike St. Suite #333, Seattle, WA 98122 | 877.489.5651 Stress is too often synonymous with job success. We think of entrepreneurs starting their workdays at dawn and computer programmers coding for hours on end. This perception leads companies to have excessive expectations for employees: Do whatever it takes to drive results, even if it means forgoing your health and mental wellbeing. However, pushing yourself too far results in burnout —a state of physical and emotional exhaustion stemming from overwork. Burnout stalls progress in the following ways: Decreased productivity – U.S. businesses lose up to $300 billion per year due to employee stress (source: The American Institute of Stress). Negative co

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