As anyone who has ever held a steady job can attest to, stress is a prominent aspect of employment that must be managed everyday. "Employment Based Anxiety" can be summed up into two words&endash; Job Stress. Numerous factors contribute to job stress and while each individual may have a unique way of managing their frustrations and/or anxieties, there are several methods widely used to help people cope. Unfortunately, as can be expected, not all relief techniques are mentally, emotionally, physically or economically healthy. However, before we delve into the ways of dealing with stress, we need to first identify prominent sources.

Needless to say, harassment has been known to cause just a pinch of stress. Don't ask us why, but for some reason, people tend to dislike any violation of their basic human rights. Go figure.

Checkpoint 1. In the workplace, employees must now contend with discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, race, gender, age, religious affiliation, physical abilities, seniority, socio- economic class distinction and more. There are even times when mere personality differences can generate a considerable amount of job stress. For example, Mrs. Cynthia Wood, is no stranger to seniority disputes, especially. When asked questions regarding her own status, she became quiet, looked around and let the atmosphere do the talking for her. However, Mrs. Wood made it clear that the main basis for unfriendly treatment is each driver's term of employment&endash; not simply their age and how many years of experience each has, but specifically, how many years one has been driving their particular bus for that particular company. Having only been employed at the Chemung County Transit for approximately six months, Ms. Wood is commonly considered a "rookie." Those who label her as such do not take into consideration the possibility, and probability that "rookie" drivers have often been employed driving a massive vehicle at some point, earlier in their career. For instance, Ms. Wood not only drove a school bus in Horseheads for three years prior to her tenure with Chemung County Transit, but also spent two months driving a shuttle bus for Corning Glassworks. In addition to all of that, she completed three weeks of extensive training for her license. These accomplishments should attest to her competence and skill as a driver for mass transportation. Needless to say, for most, it does not.