Employee Burnout

PowerPoint PresentationEmployee
Burnout
Overview
What does your team’s remote workday look like? For many workers, the new “normal” routine consists
of getting out of bed and logging on to work.
You don’t need us to tell you what kinds of negative effects this lack of work/life balance can bring!
While talks have started about returning to regular office life, it’s likely that work-from-home isn’t
disappearing too fast. 69% of remote employees are experiencing burnout.
What does burnout look like?
Symptoms of burnout include:
• Decreased engagement at work
• Reduced productivity or efficacy
The negative effects of burnout can extend beyond the workplace and into the home and social life of
your employees. It can also increase their risk of getting sick and developing chronic conditions.
• Missing Work
using more sick time off than average, or even
just showing up late, it could be a sign that
they’ve reached a point of burnout.
• Missing Deadlines
someone is overwhelmed, overworked, or
just overdoing work in general.
• High Turnover
cost companies millions, and it’s also a sign of
burnout. If employees began departing your
company at higher rates than normal, it could
indicate an underlying issue.
People might be drinking more caffeine than
usual or complaining of headaches and general
listlessness.
their work can become monotonous. They have
nothing to look forward to and may feel trapped.
• Low Concentration
asking you to repeat things a hundred times.
• Low Employee Engagement
about accomplishments and victories, burnout
might be the culprit.
people respond if you ask them to take on
additional work. If they are slow to agree or
pepper their response with “maybes” and
“mights,” it could be a sign that they don’t
want to take on more work and just don’t
know how to say “no.”
• Body Language
foreheads as though in pain…this body language
doesn’t always mean burnout, but it could be a
sign, especially in people exhibiting other
symptoms.
schedule
step away from work when the day is done, causing
employees to work longer hours than normal.
Help your staff create schedules to encourage
efficient working hours.
Plan and Prioritize
creating lists of the tasks they need to complete,
and set realistic deadlines.
appropriate
employees can remove some of the stress that
leads to burnout.
employees engaged and motivated at
work
meet regularly with employees to facilitate
communication, and give them the tools to address
burnout with employees.
in the workplace immediately
other similar behaviors.
levels.
are a myriad of team building activities that you can
incorporate into your team’s schedules. Give
employees a reason to leave their desks and take a
break!
paid time off
It’s there for a reason. In the long run,
productivity will only increase when your staff has
the chance to take a break, allowing them to
come back refreshed and renewed.
Inform employees of mental health
resources
with the stresses of pandemic life. Your employees
can only take advantage of such benefits if they’re
aware of them!
Burnout
to workers how to succeed, it’s harder for
them to be confident, enjoy their work, and feel
they’re doing a good job. If the job description
isn’t explained clearly, if the requirements are
constantly changing and hard to understand, or
if expectations are otherwise unclear, workers
are at higher risk of burnout.
• Impossible Requirements: Sometimes it’s
just not possible to do a job as it’s explained. If
a job’s responsibilities exceed the amount of
time given to complete them properly, for
example, it’s really not possible to do the job
well. Workers will put in a lot of effort and
never quite feel successful, which also leaves
them at risk for burnout.
• High-Stress Times With No “Down”
Times: Many jobs and industries have “crunch
times” where workers must work longer
hours and handle a more intense workload for
a period. This can actually help people feel
invigorated if the extra effort is recognized,
appropriately compensated, and limited. It
starts becoming problematic when “crunch
time” occurs year-round and there’s no time
for workers to recover.
mistakes; it’s part of being human. However,
when there are dire consequences to the
occasional mistake, like the risk of a lawsuit, for
example, the overall work experience becomes
much more stressful, and the risk of burnout
goes up. Those in law or healthcare often have
higher rates of burnout because of the
potential consequences.
feel excited about what they’re doing when
they are able to creatively decide what needs
to be done and come up with ways of handling
problems that arise. Generally speaking,
workers who feel restricted and unable to
exercise personal control over their
environment and daily decisions tend to be at
greater risk for burnout.
one’s accomplishments. Awards, public
praise, bonuses and other tokens of
appreciation and recognition of
morale high. Where accolades are scarce,
burnout is a risk.
• Poor Communication: Poor communication
these problems, like unclear job expectations or
little recognition. When an employee has a
problem and can’t properly discuss it with
someone who is in a position to help, this can
lead to feelings of low personal control.
• Insufficient Compensation: Some
it’s one of those things that you just
accept along with the paycheck – if the
paycheck is sufficient. However, if demands
are high and financial compensation is low,
workers find themselves thinking, “They
don’t pay me enough to deal with this!”
And the burnout risk goes up.
• Poor Leadership: Company leadership can go
a long way toward preventing or contributing to
burnout. For example, depending on the
leadership, employees can feel recognized for
their achievements, supported when they have
difficulties, valued, safe, etc. Or they can feel
unappreciated, unrecognized, unfairly treated,
position, unsure of the requirements of their
jobs, etc. Poor company leadership is one factor
that can influence many others – many of which
can put an employee at risk for burnout.
Conclusion
If you are experiencing job burnout, try to take a break in order to recover. You can also try simpler
stress relievers like breathing exercises and positive reframing to help relieve stress you feel in the
moment, and more long-term stress relievers like regular exercise, maintaining a hobby (for personal
balance), or meditation. You can try to change aspects of your job to create a greater sense of knowing
what to expect and perhaps having more choice in how you perform your job.