Workmate stress takes toll on office workers

/ Yonhap

By Rachel Lee

Most office workers feel stress because of their workmates, a survey has found.

According to job recruiting site Incruit, 93.3 percent of respondents said their colleagues had caused them stress. The company surveyed its 585 employees.

The worst type of workmates were those who did not communicate well (25.7 percent), those who talked behind someone's back (20.1 percent), those who could not control anger (15.6 percent) and the lazy (13.8 percent).

Ninety-five percent of workers said the stress affected their performance.

To prevent problems, more than a quarter said they tried to avoid those who caused them stress, while 21.4 percent said they had no choice but to live with it.