Workplace Burnouts Are We Taking Them Seriously?

Although companies have been experiencing favorable growth conditions over the past few years, workplace conditions have significantly changed in this period. A shift that is perhaps leading to a crisis of employee burnouts.

- Dhruv Mukerjee

Employee wellness programs are on the rise. With the dependence on key skill sets growing within companies, employee well-being has slowly begun to take center stage and with it, HR professionals today are looking at keeping their workforce healthy and fit with a completely renewed focus. Both investments and buy-in from senior leaders across the board today has propelled the rise of wellness companies that focus on ensuring employee health remains a priority within talent management practices. Technology too, in the form of digital platforms and cloud computing, has enabled companies to provide interactive wellness solutions to their employees. With both technological and management practices evolving to pay more attention at keeping the workforce fit, it comes as a little surprise when reports project that the overall wellness industry can be worth over about Rs 1.5 trillion by 2021, according to a recent report by FICCI and EY.