Surly the question is not how much stress full stop, but how much undue stress? Some jobs are just inherently stressful, an Account Manager under pressure to g

Surly the question is not how much stress full stop, but how much undue stress? Some jobs are just inherently stressful, an Account Manager under pressure to get orders/sales over the line at year end, a Support Manager working with irate customers and escalating issues etc etc. I've seen people go off sick with 'stress' and have staged re-introduction to the workplace, but if the role is inherently stressful maybe they weren't cut out for it in the 1st place. On the other hand undue levels of stress can be placed upon employees by bad management (usually to try and save their necks after they've messed up in someway), and sometimes people put themselves under pressure by holding themselves to high standards. Separating the source goes along way to being able to manage it.