How Companies and Workers Are Fighting Burnout
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Here's your Money Briefing for Tuesday, October 5th. I'm J.R. Whalen for The Wall Street Journal. The boundary between work and life is fuzzier than ever. Whether you're still working from home or going into the office a few days a week, workers are having a hard time breaking away from their job to do something, anything, to recover from burnout.
It's like close to 90% of people say they've been burnt out over the past year. So I just think there's been a lot of stress. I think people kind of started working a lot because they didn't really have anything else to do or they were worried about job security, you know, all these things that were happening in the spring of 2020.
So what can workers do to let go? And with employees quitting in record numbers, what can companies do for the workers they still have to help them focus? We'll talk to WSJ Work and Life columnist Rachel Feinzig about efforts to reduce burnout after the break.
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A year and a half into the pandemic, workers are still waging a losing battle trying to balance focusing on their jobs and on life outside their job. That imbalance is causing widespread burnout, and it comes at a time when employers are trying to slow the wave of employees quitting. So how can workers get that work-life balance back in sync? WSJ Work and Life columnist Rachel Feinzig has been talking to employees and managers about rising employee burnout. Rachel, thank you so much for being with us.
Thanks so much for having me.
So, you know, Rachel, you've been with us on a few occasions talking about how work-life boundaries have gotten kind of fuzzy since the start of the pandemic, and it's tethered people to their computers. How bad has it gotten?
Bad. I mean, the numbers that I've seen on burnout recently are pretty astounding. It's like close to 90% of people say they've been burnt out over the past year. So yeah, I think this continues to be pervasive. I don't think that getting back into the office has been the silver bullet that a lot of people thought it would be. People are juggling hybrid. They're anxious about going back. COVID cases did not sustain a massive dip starting in June. So I just think there's been a lot of stress. I think people kind of started working a lot because they didn't really have anything else to do or they were worried about job security, you know, all these things that were happening in the spring of 2020. And I think just the last year and a half has been a big grind for a lot of people and they just haven't let up or felt like they could let up.
Say no to a Zoom meeting here or there. It's obviously gotten much bigger than that, especially over the last year and a half.
How widespread is burnout and what data shows its severity?
Yeah, and I guess sneaking in that quick afternoon power nap to relax hasn't worked out to be the solution that people kind of thought it would be.
No, right. All these little things that people are like, take a walk around the block. It'll change your perspective.
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