Can you tell if an employee is exhausted? And if so, do you know how to help them?
Here are some signs that may indicate your employees are exhausted, and what you can do to help them reduce this burden.
Some signs that an employee may be experiencing the physical and emotional stress of burnout include :
- Unjustified absences from work
- Arriving late to work/leaving early
- Decrease in productivity
- Apparent frustration
- Deterioration of health
- Isolation
When an employee experiences burnout for one reason or another over an extended period of time, this usually leads them to leave the company for another opportunity.
As a leader in your organization, there are ways to help exhausted employees, not only to lighten their load, but also to retain them.
This time, we explore three tactics for achieving this:
- Offers rewards for no reason
While people like incentives, the constant pressure to work even harder can often be a contributing factor to burnout.
Whether it's a gift card, extra time off, the opportunity to leave early, or snacks in the break room, these types of rewards just for being part of the team can go a long way toward motivating employees and making them feel appreciated and understood.
- Remember your obligations outside of work
How often do you respect the time they spend outside of their working hours?
Many employees have family obligations, second jobs, or take on freelance work. While the other job should never conflict with the employee's responsibilities, making requests outside of working hours could lead to feelings of depression, hopelessness, and exhaustion.
- Avoid excessive communication
Collaboration and communication are important for the success of any company.
However, when additional meetings are called or excessive emails appear in the inbox, it ceases to be useful and begins to interfere with the daily operations of the company and employees.
Constant communication requires a lot of emotional energy and mental space, leading to employee burnout.
While employee burnout is common in the workplace, with a good leadership team that sees the full picture of each person's life, burnout can be treated and prevented.
