There’s an irony to the current raging recession. While millions have lost their jobs, livelihood, and their healthcare plans in all probability, getting promoted at work may also be hazardous to one’s health. Upward mobility at the workplace may not augur too well with one’s physical and mental health.

The logic is simple if we are to go by the findings of a research done in Britain: ‘when people get promoted, they suffer on average about 10 percent more mental strain and are less likely to find the time to go to the doctor.’

But haven’t we known that all along? Of course, we know that higher rungs on the corporate ladder really mean bigger responsibilities and extended working hours, thus adding to stress and subtracting from personal time to even go see a doctor.

The research used information from a yearly survey of British people, including data on Brits who had been promoted. The study is obviously inconclusive and no way global. Among the findings is the 20 percent drop in doctor visits for those who were promoted, attributed to lack of time.

Work stress, though, is a serious matter. And it comes when there is a palpable imbalance between professional and personal life. If unattended, it can lead to mental and physical fatigue that can further deteriorate to disease and absenteeism from work.

So, those who get promoted at work would do well to balance their heavier workload with their personal life lest the new and brighter job position vanish in the light of poor performance turn out due to symptoms and manifestations of stress, counting among them poor memory, poor concentration, irritability, and distress – all things associated with poor employee performance. Just relax for success.

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Via Live Science