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Can Managers Stop Employee Burnout? Should They Even Try?

January 22, 2025

A significant increase in online searches for burnout symptoms occurred in 2024, with a 50 percent rise globally.

In the U.S., 57 percent of employees reported experiencing negative impacts from work-related stress, including emotional exhaustion, lower productivity, and lack of motivation.

In the U.K., 91 percent of employees faced high or extreme levels of pressure or stress over the past year, with 20 percent needing to take time off work because of the effect of stress on their mental health.

The top stress factors cited by U.K. workers included a high workload, regularly working unpaid overtime, feeling isolated at work, and worries about job security. https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/employees-online-searches-for-burnout-symptoms-up-50-in-2024-study/ (Nov. 19, 2024).

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The article mentions employees are searching for the symptoms of burnout on the web, but did not list what those symptoms are.

Here are few symptoms of burnout:

Feeling physically and emotionally drained
Developing a negative attitude towards your job and feeling detached
Experiencing a decline in job performance and productivity
Struggling with sleep quality, which can further exacerbate burnout
Changes in eating habits, either losing appetite or overeating
Finding it hard to stay motivated and focused on tasks and/or
Feeling mentally distant from your job and responsibilities.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/signs-of-burnout-8683361 (Aug. 19, 2024).

As a manager or supervisor, you want to limit burnout. Burnout affects retention which, in turn, lowers productivity, including your own because someone must train and guide the new hires. Turnover leads to pushing work onto the employees that remain (to make up for those who left) which in turn leads to your best and brightest burning out as well. Burnout also lowers morale, and lower morale leads to disgruntled members on your team.

Simply put, burnout is something you want to control, but what the studies don't tell you is that burnout is sometimes beyond your control. A lot of things can contribute to burnout, including personal matters outside of work.

The final takeaway is that as a manager or supervisor, it is best to know the variables you can influence that impact burnout, like workload, so you can mitigate the effects of burnout.

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