Workplace burnout and its effect on your health

Job burnout is on the rise in the United States. And yes, burnout is a real problem. The World Health Organization recently recognized burnout at a legitimate medical syndrome.

CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKPLACE BURNOUT
Burnout generally has three characteristics: energy depletion or exhaustion, negative feelings toward your career or feeling more distant to your job, and decreased workplace productivity.

COMMON SYMPTOMS OF JOB BURNOUT
A recent survey showed that approximately two-thirds of full-time American workers experience job burnout symptoms at least some of the time. These burnout symptoms can include chronic fatigue, irritability, difficulty sleeping, anxiety, depression and many more.

You might dread going to work most days, mentally check out in meetings, spread negativity in your workplace, or wonder why you started working in that job or career in the first place.

BURNOUT AND ITS EFFECTS ON YOUR HEALTH
In this video, I describe burnout in much more detail. I specifically sharing my thoughts on how it can affect your health, potentially leading to unhealthy behaviors and tragic outcomes.

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[Paul_]

Was getting over worked in my corporate job, kept asking for help for a year and a half. Then I burned out recently, and all of a sudden a team was deployed to permanently help me.
I just don't get why they had to wait until I burned out.
Now I'm resigning this tactic does not align with my values. I love myself too much to be in a similar situation later. Peace ✌️

[amandarecoveryjones]

Companies need to begin putting their employees first instead of their pockets. Greed helps create burnout. We also have a culture of me, me, me when we are the customer. Such greedy humans we are.

[Glgamesh]

An interesting reflection on the modern world of work and the pressures an increasing amount of us is under. Even though the work dynamic is heading toward more, more, more with less, less, less, it makes me wonder how people have coped in the past and whether the situation, i.e. demands, of modern life and work are becoming more toxic. I was horrified at the suicide statistic among physicians, and hope as a society we learn to stop treating ourselves like machines.

[crystalfullerton]

Who would have guessed that being made to work to survive and then being told who to be at that job would lead to negative feelings towards one's job? Interesting.

[DraGnFly]

Poor leadership and professionalism by superiors so you can't trust them for help and understanding. 😓

[XxToxicCandyxX]

Yeah I asked for help and time off, but my work doesn’t give a shit about my burnout or depression

[FransceneJK]

I just quit my government job cuz it burned me out big time. Now I own a business and work on MY terms and MY schedule. I feel much better

[DarkArmedDaddy]

As the world population continues to explode, work demands and stress also explode. There needs to be a solution and fast

[COMPNOR]

40+ hour work weeks are not sustainable. People are miserable. We are being worked to death, often for just enough scratch to get by.

[willieroach]

IT HAPPENS IN ALL TYPES OF WORK PLACES

[sterissteve]

My favorite orthopedic surgeon killed himself. It never made sense. He did so much good. Nice to see there is one more good ortho out there.

[nonamebrand]

my shit work makes me want to not exist

[aleeshahijab]

I'm here because it's my assignment and I have no idea what does it mean.

[AdamRayGrayman]

According to this discretion I would say 70% of the German work force suffers from that lol

[cloaked.mystic]

There is a terrible echo in that room, I wanted to keep listening but your so loud.