Burnout | What on earth is fatigue management?

Burnout is a big deal. Just two months ago, it was recognised as a workplace-sparked issue characterised by an employee feeling exhausted, depleted of energy and emotionally indifferent to their job.

Yet, even before the World Health Organisation (WHO) boffins decided that burnout needed official designation as problem caused by working, some companies were already attempting to get their heads around it.

This may be because of its obvious size. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), over 595,00 workers in the UK suffered from work-related stress throughout 2017/18 at a cost of 15.4million working days. Overwhelmingly, workers reported the main reason for this was their workload.

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Many had schemes in place to attempt to tackle it. Some had decided that flexible working was the answer. Others gave employees access to counselling whilst some created ‘chillout’ rooms.