The Burnout Generation

Burnout a Psychological Syndrome Occurring from Prolonged Chronic Job Stress.

1. Do you often fantasize about leaving your job?

2. Do you think about putting in your papers and taking a break?

3. Do you also often wake up not wanting to go to work the same work that you once loved?

4. Do you now fail to find a purpose in it the same job that you were once really good at the one that you really wanted to get?

5. Do you now feel you're not good enough?

If you are facing & feeling the above scenarios then you may be burnt out more and you're not alone at least three Indian professionals is burnt out (source indee,linkedin,statista,2021)

let me say this it is not the easiest time to be an employee, talent is a plenty everyone is running a rat race fighting to keep up with tight deadlines pushing limits to reach new heights struggling to stay relevant our jobs are not nine to five anymore most of us are working round the clock receiving work calls replying to work emails any time of the day and any day of the week in short our jobs are stressful and burnout is a result of such prolonged stress.

we are under stress our body releases higher levels of stress hormones the likes of cortisol adrenaline epinephrine these hormones help us perform better for some time they give us the boost to push the envelope but these hormones harm us in the long run let's try and understand the biology of burnout cornell university conducted a study it found that stressors can weaken the functioning of our brain it affects the prefrontal cortex and this is the part that's responsible for attention for memory impulse inhibition and cognitive control next thing you know you're losing things you're forgetting things saying things you ideally should not be seeing researchers found that the moment stress is reduced these effects disappear but if this mental breakdown is repeated too many times then a frontal cortex becomes vulnerable to dysfunction even mental disorders experts say burn out is a step before stress overwhelms a person and leads her into depression scary isn't it i wonder why we don't talk about it enough or address this at work

you may face physical problems like?

1. headaches?

2. joint pain

3. sleep problems

you may face Mental problems like?

1. Cynicism & Detachment

2. Negative attitude

3. Loss of enjoyment or likeliness at work

4. Isolation from colleagues

5. Feeling disconnected

6. Conflict at work

How to overcome from Burnout?

1. Changing work patterns

2. Working less hours

3. Taking more breaks

4. Avoid doing overtime

5. Invest more time into your personal life

6. Communicate with your colleagues, family & friends

7. talk to your manager or employer do not complain be specific about the symptom you're experiencing

What should you as a manager/Employer ?

ensure that your team is not working long hours that everyone is sharing work equally that the work environment is not unsupportive above all as a manager you can lead by example normalize self-care normalize taking mental health days and vacations and above all try to understand burnout.

80 percent of business leaders say they do not know how to reduce employee burnout so what we need is education and this is where the human resources must step in while workshops on leadership talent retention and business is all nice and good helping business leaders understand burnout is critical because if employees are not performing well then there will be no business if employees are burnt out then there will be no way to retain them it is not easy to battle burn out some say it takes up to five years to recover from a burnout the goal must be to prevent it in the first place and it will require a joint effort a team effort between employees managers and the organization to decide whether or not a company indeed is a great place to work.