Ergophobia

Ergophobia, or ergasiophobia, is an abnormal and persistent fear of work or finding employment. Ergophobia may also be a subset of either or. Sufferers of ergophobia experience undue anxiety about the workplace environment even though they realize their fear is irrational. Their fear may actually be a combination of fears, such as fear of failing at assigned tasks, speaking before groups at work (both of which are types of performance anxiety), socializing with co-workers (a type of social phobia), and other fears of emotional, psychological and/or physiological injuries.

The term ergophobia comes from the Greek "ergon" (work) and "phobos" (fear).