Leadership: New Evidence Why Employees Are Burned Out…We are all Burning out Because We can Never Unplug. Work Chases Us Wherever We are & the Expectations Keep Growing

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No one can argue that our personal and professional lives have come together through the power of technology. This is especially true for managers/entrepreneurs who are working all the time and have no personal lives, but even for workers at major companies, the boundaries are gone between work and life.

 

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While many of us know that we’re working constantly, I set out to uncover the story by surveying employees, job seekers and HR professionals with CareerArc, a global recruitment and outplacement firm. In our study, we found a disconnect between employers and employees on work-life balance.

While 675 of HR professionals think that their employees have a balanced work-life, 45% of employees feel that they don’t have enough time each week to do personal activities. To make matters worse, 20% of employees spend over 20 hours working outside of the office on the personal time working each week. This is bad for their health and their families.
It also leads to burnout. Employees are getting far less sleep these days because their managers are demanding more of their time. Professionals are answering their email on vacations and on weekends. Smartphones are always with us and as a result, we are getting emails constantly regardless of our location or the time.

This is especially true with global companies, where employees are connecting with people from around the world in different time zones. I ran into this when I was working for a company and had to take calls with Japan at night, then wake up the next day to work.

We are all burning out because we can never unplug. Work chases us wherever we are and the expectations keep growing. What can we do? Well, there’s actually a lot of things you can do to prevent yourself from falling into this trap, or simply breaking away from these chains. Here are a few tips:

1. Have two phones, one personal and one business. This way, you can shut your business phone off after a certain time and leave your personal one on.

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2. Tell your manager your concerns. Be upfront with your manager that your lack of time for personal activities is hurting your relationships with others. They should support you in helping you better manager your time if they view you as valuable.

3. Tend to your calendar. One of my secrets is that I block off certain periods of the day for going to the gym, going on a date or to a show. This way, it forces me to participate in those activities because I live and die by my calendar.

Dan Schawbel is the Founder of WorkplaceTrends.com, a research and advisory membership portal servicing forward-thinking HR professionals.