Posts tagged "work burnout"

We are all living in an epidemic of urgency and busyness. Unless we are flat out and working ridiculous hours, we are judged, and we often judge ourselves as lazy or unproductive.

Extended periods of uncertainty and burnout can lead to employees disconnecting from day-to-day tasks and withdrawing from the business as a whole.

Is shifting blame responsible for our never-ending burnout? M.K. Ward, director of people, culture and OD at startup Zipline.io unpacks what keeps driving us to exhaustion.

Almost half of Australian workers feel that only lip service and “box ticking” is being paid to their mental health by employers rather than concrete measures and genuine empathy.

With lockdown finally lifted across Australia, employers need to be alert to a different health crisis that is likely to spike as workers drift back into the office: burnout. 

There's another testing time ahead for employers, one that carries its own risks and opportunities, and may impact a different cohort of people — 'The Great Burnout'.