{"id":3579,"date":"2020-12-04T09:31:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T09:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doerlife.com\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2020-12-04T10:26:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T10:26:37","slug":"burnout-in-2020-a-growing-occupational-hazard-with-work-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/burnout-in-2020-a-growing-occupational-hazard-with-work-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnout in 2020 – A growing occupational hazard with \u2018Work from Home\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The coronavirus pandemic has led to stress and anxiety about the future. The Work From Home (WFH) <\/a>concept which earlier we assumed was easy, is turning out to be a 24×7 long haul with no end in sight. People who have managed to still hold on to their jobs are not taking enough time off to refresh and recharge, fearing they may be laid off the moment they are not available on call or don\u2019t appear to be working continuously. According to Monster, \u2018over 2\/3rds, or 69%, of employees are now experiencing burnout symptoms while working from home<\/em>.\u2019 Burnout has been a simmering issue for the last few years but now it has become more pronounced with people getting fatigued and unable to cope with work from home<\/em> pressure in this extraordinary global lockdown situation. Burnout can affect anyone, from employees to entrepreneurs, business owners, and freelancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The origin of the term \u2018burnout\u2019 \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The World Health Organization (WHO), recognized burnout as a disease or occupational phenomenon, in the 11th edition of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) <\/a>published in May 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new diagnosis is defined as a \u201csyndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by three dimensions: 1) feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; 2) increased mental distance from one\u2019s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one\u2019s job; and 3) reduced professional efficacy. Burnout 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

How is burnout different from stress?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burnout is the loss of meaning in one’s work, coupled with mental, emotional, or physical exhaustion as the result of long-term, unresolved stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When your boundaries of personal time and work time get blurred, it is the first sign of burnout. In the current work scenarios, with many employees having been laid off there is immense pressure on those still at work to put in extra time and effort to complete the job which was earlier shared over more desks. Burnout can happen when the immediate manager pushes the limits of the employee to do more than his or her fair share of work. It can also be the result of bullying or discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this juncture, let us understand and differentiate stress from BURNOUT<\/p>\n\n\n\n