Fact file

/ 01 July 2009

Losing sleep

Losing sleep

While half the UK workforce are turning into stressed out insomniacs, the other half are contemplating a career move – or even thinking about skipping the country altogether

Wide awake

• Percentage of workers who report losing sleep when job hunting
  53%
• Percentage who say stressful jobs can cause them to have a late night
  23%
• Percentage who are suffering insomnia because of stress
  46%
• Percentage who think stress levels at work are higher than this time last year
  38%

Working worry

• Percentage of workers who are skipping lunch breaks
  37%
• Percentage who know one person who has been made redundant in the last four weeks
  73%
• Number of people made redundant every day in the UK
  3,178
• People declared bankrupt or insolvent in the UK every hour
  14

If you leave me now

• Percentage of British workers contemplating a move overseas
  23%
• Percentage of graduates in their first or second job who are looking to change when the economy picks up
  43%
• Percentage who want to leave because of their bosses’ behaviour
  16%
• Percentage who say they want to leave their jobs because of bullying
  9%

Sources: Monster.co.uk / Norwich Union / Investors in People UK / theladders.co.uk / Credit Action / Foreign Currency Direct / TMP Worldwide / Ceridian