I don't think my job is killing me. What I can't tell is if I'm an outlier (i.e. articles like this one are true) or if articles like this are fear mongering. I don't fear losing my job, but should I fear that if I door ifi elect to change I'll face all these problems? Also, it seems the title could be "your job and family are killing you."
Everything is fucking killing us. Plastic. Microwave radiation. Traffic. Red meat. White meat. Fish. Tainted produce. I think I'm unusually unafraid of death. The circumstances of mine, its cause and its inevitability. Fear mongering death is a great way to grab attention but that doesn't mean every attempt to do it is sensationalism. It just means if you read it you gotta be critical and ask if the information is at all useful
We work in different fields, but from where I stand it doesn't feel like employers are going out of their way to foster a work/life balance or healthy, stable work environments. Speaking of work/life balance, this article (also from The Week) talks about how flexible work hours might benefit employers and hurt employees.
I've never asked for much from my employer for work/life balance other than not working a ton outside of normal hours (e.g. I haven't had children or a major family illness). It seems like the company has a pretty decent work/life balance, but I also think a lot of that boils down to company culture and the people in management that foster it. I think it's really fragile. There's nothing set in stone in the company that people will be understanding.