Ask any human resources professional

By Peter Westerman | July 01, 2009 at 08:00 PM

Ask any human resources professional

Ask any human resources professional, "What makes you lose sleep at night?"
They will tell you their employees' everyday personal problems.

65% — 85% of employee terminations stem from personal and interpersonal factors

the number of employees who had called in sick due to stress TRIPLED between '96 and '00

Depression costs companies $43.7 billion in decreased productivity in the year 2000.

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