¹ This question was asked in the survey with the following wording: ‘How often do you currently (January 2023) experience the following situations at work compared to last year (January 2022)?’
Percentage points deviating from 100 percent are due to rounding.
Respondents were from German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino. The sample is weighted and representatively proportioned according to age, gender and region.
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Main stress factors in the workplace in Switzerland 2023
In a survey conducted in 2023, more than **** of respondents working in Switzerland stated that they were very frequently exposed to high workloads. Out of all situations that may cause stress in the workplace, the workload was most frequently a strain for employees. On the other hand, conflicts at work were rather rare and only occurred frequently for around ** percent of respondents.
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LINK Institut. (February 6, 2023). Frequency of experiencing stress in the workplace in Switzerland in 2023, by factor¹ [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from /statistics/1489277/stress-factors-at-work-switzerland/
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