According to the career and employment portal MojeDelo.com the country is among the EU countries with the highest levels of stress at work. This is also one of the main reasons for missing work and for short-time working, accounting for 50-60% of all lost working days, A survey found that one in four workers experienced anxiety to the point where this began to interfere with their work at least once in the previous month. Some 10% of the respondents experienced symptoms of depression or anxiety and 25% said they faced burnout in the past year.
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