Burnout | Do you suffer from workplace 'offerism'?

Every few weeks, a new workplace term comes onto the scene.

The most recent term to grace the employment world is ‘offerism’ – a word that Metro coined to describe those employees who continue to take on work even if their plate is already full.

Employees guilty of ‘offerism’ have an uncontrollable need to please people – much like Friends’ Monica Geller – by offering their services, even if they already have an unmanageable workload to contend with. Whether they are asked to do something on an individual level, or the question task is posed to a roomful of employees, they will feel the urge to raise their hand immediately.

Life Coach Tracey Livingston told Metro that “offerism likely stems from beliefs and feelings of ‘not being good enough’ or perfectionism or the need to overdeliver in order to be liked or validated”.