BusinessDecember 6, 2021
Employee burnout by the numbers, according to Gallup
In an article shared by the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, a Gallup poll found 23% of employees felt "burned out" often, while 44% said they sometimes felt themselves similarly struggling. The World Health Organization defines burnout as feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; growing mental distance from an employee's job or negative and cynical feelings toward current employment; and reduced professional efficiency or productivity...
In an article shared by the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, a Gallup poll found 23% of employees felt "burned out" often, while 44% said they sometimes felt themselves similarly struggling.
The World Health Organization defines burnout as feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; growing mental distance from an employee's job or negative and cynical feelings toward current employment; and reduced professional efficiency or productivity.
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Seven tips are offered to employers for blunting the impact of employee burnout:
- Get serious about employee mental health.
- Offer rewards to blunt burnout.
- Stop punitive knee-jerk responses.
- Communicate early and avoid last-minute scheduling of extra work.
- Be considerate if an employee is working extra jobs to make ends meet.
- Make upward mobility a possibility for all in the workplace.
- Keep tabs on workplace culture.
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