A recent survey by Staples Business Advantage of more than 1,900 office workers shows how difficult it is in some instances for employers to significantly reduce stress among their employees, but it also hints at some potential solutions.

For starters, 41 percent of workers say they're burnt out. A larger percentage — 67 percent — say that their workplace has produced some amount of stress in their life.

Some of that stress is because of the perception that the workload is too great; 70 percent say they work more than 40 hours a week.

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