The real cost of stress

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Health: Stress makes you sick

Chronic stress increases the risk of cardiovascular problems, sleep disturbances, and digestive issues¹ — and over the long term, it can also contribute to depression, anxiety disorders, and heart attacks.²

¹ AK OÖ, Arbeitsklima-Index (2024); ² Yaribeygi et al., "The impact of stress on body function" (2017)

Employees: One in five is considering quitting because of their manager

56% of people in Austria (often) see their manager visibly stressed — and that stress rubs off on the team. The manager is often the last to notice, but the team feels it every day: for almost a third, it takes the joy out of their own work, and one in five ends up thinking about changing jobs more often as a result.⁶

⁶ Mavie Stress Studie (2026)

Line-drawing illustration of a heart on a light blue background, next to the text points cardiovascular system, sleep, digestion, and anxiety disorders.

Line-drawing illustration of a heart on a light blue background, next to the text points cardiovascular system, sleep, digestion, and anxiety disorders.

01/ 04

Health: Stress makes you sick

Chronic stress increases the risk of cardiovascular problems, sleep disturbances, and digestive issues¹ — and over the long term, it can also contribute to depression, anxiety disorders, and heart attacks.²

¹ AK OÖ, Arbeitsklima-Index (2024); ² Yaribeygi et al., "The impact of stress on body function" (2017)

Employees: One in five is considering quitting because of their manager

56% of people in Austria (often) see their manager visibly stressed — and that stress rubs off on the team. The manager is often the last to notice, but the team feels it every day: for almost a third, it takes the joy out of their own work, and one in five ends up thinking about changing jobs more often as a result.⁶

⁶ Mavie Stress Studie (2026)