Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Stress is a part of every job these days. Modern lifestyle, competition from contemporaries, job targets and need to meet various demands at work has amplified stress among employees of the insurance industry largely. Thereby, present study endeavors to examine the occupational stress of the employees working in the top most five insurance company in Jorhat. Assam The total sample size taken for this study is 153. The data analysis is done with purposive Sampling. The statistical tool used for the purpose of the analysis of this study is simple percentage technique and correlation techniques. The result shows that most employees stated average about working condition’s variables such as salary, extra allowances, housing allowances incentives, appreciation and recognitions. The employees were all dissatisfied with the restrooms and recreation room. Similarly, the exercise lobby was rated poorly by all employees. About half of respondents expressed satisfaction with their social well-being. According to psychological well-being, the majority of respondents had never experienced loneliness, depression, helplessness, or panic attacks. The factors that are responsible for occupational stress were tested using Pearson product correlation, which showed significance value .000 on impact of working conditions on work related stress. The study recommends that the working conditions of work place should be made conducive so as to reduce stress and redesigning job to increase challenge or reduce work load can be a strategy for reducing occupational stress.