[Infographic] The Employee Burnout Protection Plan

Everyone has limitations when it comes to the amount of information and workload they can take in. What you need to keep in mind is that your employees are your most valuable assets. As a manager or the CEO of a company, it is your job to ensure the health and happiness of all the employees. It is essential to know that if they are not giving their all, the wellbeing of the company is at stake. Burnout happens due to stress, toxic work environment, and other problems at work. The signs may not be too visible, but it is your job to find them out before the situation gets out of hand.

When employees get burned out, they feel physically, mentally, or emotionally drained. As soon as this happens, you run the risk of them leaving their job, producing a lower quality work, or taking more sick leaves than usual.

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Employee burnout affects a company considerably not just from a cultural point of view but from an economical one as well. You loose money if employees are disengaged, unproductive and absent. If one or more of your employees experience burnout, they will most likely demotivate others as well and, before you know it, it’s a systemic problem.

You’ll find that there are quite a few causes of employee burnout. The infographic below will illustrate all of them and show you how you can solve the problems. It’s a great way to learn more about an issue in the office that should be taken more seriously.

Some of the causes of employee burnout include being overworked, receiving confusing indications and being under bad management, having repetitive tasks that seem to have no meaning, and being stuck in the same role for too long.

Also read: How to Deal with Employee Burnout

It is important to create a culture of talking about these things openly, honestly, and often. Being proactive can save employees and employers many more resources than being reactive. Reducing burnout is not a quick fix and is one that is done on both an individual and organizational level.