{"id":3467,"date":"2020-12-04T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T09:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doerlife.com\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2020-12-04T10:24:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T10:24:25","slug":"taking-time-off-during-work-from-home-means-avoiding-a-burnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/taking-time-off-during-work-from-home-means-avoiding-a-burnout\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking time-off during WORK FROM HOME means avoiding a Burnout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you ever thought that working from home is fun, just pause for a moment and think again. First and foremost, are you doing it RIGHT?\u00a0 The lockdown in the global pandemic forced many professionals to Work From Home (WFM). Many are working tirelessly. Few with the fear of losing their jobs amid this pandemic have begun to treat workdays as a single, endless activity. From break-less days to unduly long hours of work, and no time management people are driven to exhaustion and finally burnout. It\u2019s time to smart work from home, time to take short breaks, time to re-energize the body, and time to re-organize your workday. The importance of taking time-off from remote work is inevitable to be able to persistently deliver 100% productive results. Let\u2019s understand why\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definition of remote work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the Cambridge English Dictionary, \u2018remote work\u2019 is defined as \u201ca situation in which an employee works mainly from home and communicates with the company by email and telephone\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until a few years earlier, the concept was not too popular. But recently the global coronavirus situation forced offices to shut down and people to work from home. It is the new emerging way of working outside of the traditional offices and centralized workplaces, with the help of digital technology. This wave has given management especially in professions like IT a reason to rethink and adapt to the rise in feasibility and the popularity of remote working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is Burnout<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In May 2019, World Health Organization (WHO) included BURN-OUT in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as an occupational phenomenon and mental well-being in the workplace. It is not a medical disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to WHO, it is defined as, \u201cBurn-out is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by three dimensions:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

increased mental distance from one\u2019s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job; and<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

reduced professional efficacy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burn-out refers specifically to phenomena in the occupational context and should not be applied to describe experiences in other areas of life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further WHO states, \u201c<\/strong>taking time off from work is more important now than ever, as stress levels rise and days become indistinguishable from one another. Add the ever-present feeling of being \u2018always on\u2019, exacerbated by blurring lines between work and life, and you have a recipe for burnout\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system of work from home<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Work from home has interdependencies, both human and technological. Therefore, before you embark on long term remote work the company and the employees jointly need to put a system in place to make it work. This involves:<\/p>\n\n\n\n