Layoffs, survivor’s guilt, bigger workloads are burning out employees

Work has become more stressful across Iowa since the Great Recession hit in 2008, causing an increase in anxiety, panic attacks and employee turnover, some experts say. It started with layoffs. Layoffs in Iowa exploded fivefold in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to state statistics. Between September and December 2008, 22,051 companies had layoffs of 20 [...]