[jp555]

"one of the biggest causes of stress in the workplace is a lack of decision-making power among workers."

You know what's also more stressful? Having to make more decisions in domains outside my circle of competence.

Give me total autonomy in my area, while also not burdening me with having to contribute to EVERY decision.

[hnarn]

Or the in-between variant: constant meetings and initiatives to create the illusion of worker influence on major decisions when there is in reality none at all. A complete waste of time to check a box somewhere about "horizontal hierarchy", and at the end of the day the decisions are being made "in the sauna" as it were anyway.

[banannaise]

One of the best things for my mental health at work was learning to say (and believe) "I recommend we do X. If the VP decides to do Y instead, that will make the delivery date later, but that's his decision and ultimately his problem, not mine."