Job Burnout and Corporate World
31st March 2007
Who would deny the fact that we are under constant stress at work? We had not heard much about job burnout until about a decade and a half back. The alarming pace at which job burnout is taking place has not only made the corporate world to sit up and take notice of the malady, but also take remedial measures to deal with it.
Coping with job burnout begins with work conditions at office. Work environments need to be worker-friendly so that workers do not feel a strain on their energies. When it comes to deadlines, there is a heavy demand on individual or team energy. Such consistent demands normally lead to stress, and then gradually to work related burnout. A work environment where collective and individual energies are under constant pressure to deliver, individual careers and health are seriously affected.
Symptoms of Job Burnout
· Constant feeling of listlessness and being tired
· Frequent bouts of forgetfulness
· Not wanting to get up in the morning
· Unexplained anger and irritability
· Losing temper on trivial matters
· Losing control over things at work and home
· Remaining under constant stress
· Lack of initiative coupled with lethargy
· Questioning your career and being indecisive about it
· Going through the motions without much focus on personal and team goals
· Suffering from constant or frequent bouts of headaches, chest pain, and/or hypertension
· Feeling of plain helplessness
If an individual shows any three or above of these symptoms persistently, chances are that he or she is heading towards serious job burnout.
The Way Out
Stress is an energy guzzler. People suffering from high stress or burnout invariably have a weak energy body. With low vitality levels, how can they be expected to work towards achieving organizational goals? No organization that has invested in training and nurturing its workforce can afford to lose people to stress and burnout.
The remedy lies in building up strong energy and vitality levels in individuals, which can be achieved through energy build-up processes propagated thousands of years ago by exponents of that era. People suffering from burnout have shown a complete turn around in a short span following the energy and vitality building techniques, since these are easy to learn and practice.