Ways Out Of Burnout

GETTING TIRED IS NOT A SPECTACULAR EVENT in the present epoch. As the grind at work and in the world overwhelms us, we push the envelope every day in terms of outliving our almost chronic exhaustions. However, is it necessary to purchase professional accomplishment and personal fulfilment at the cost of our well-being? It is to be understood that while working hard has its costs, it is detrimental to let fatigue become the norm of our professional functioning. Well-being, a good life and feeling inspired at work reconstitute our labour power to show up at work every day and deliver optimal results. Accordingly, an unravelling of the problem of widespread professional fatigue is necessary.

- Viiveck Verma

“Burnout is a slow, insidious experience. Burnout is not afraid of playing the long game. To prevent burnout, we need to play a long game, too.” — Sally Clarke

An Exhausted Workforce

As Forbes reports, in 2020 Gallup identified a reverse trend dubbed, the ‘Well-Being-Engagement Paradox’ in which the well-being of the American workforce plummeted to lows not seen since the 2008 Great Recession. “Employee engagement and well-being became disconnected from each other and went their own ways,” according to Gallup. As this trend continued during the 2021 pandemic, work as we know it got turned upside down.