Life Examined
Workplace burnout and the Great Resignation
On this week’s Life Examined, how health organizations and employers are recognizing that workplace burnout is a real and growing problem.
By Jonathan Bastian • • 51m ListenOn this week’s Life Examined, how health organizations and employers are recognizing that workplace burnout is a real and growing problem. In 2019 the World Health Organization officially identified workplace burnout as an “occupational phenomenon.” Today burnout is reaching epidemic proportions and many employees say the pandemic has made the problem worse. Host Jonathan Bastian talks with burnout expert and author of “The Burnout Epidemic” Jennifer Moss about why overwork has reached epidemic proportions and what employers can do about it. We also hear from Sebastian Cruz, a former hedge fund employee, who says overwork forced him to not only to quit his job but shift careers.
In this episode
2 storiesIs overwork literally killing us?
Workplace burnout is not new. Many professions are particularly demanding, and even more so during the pandemic. Physicians, healthcare, and essential workers became acutely aware of how stress and overwork was impacting their lives.
Read the story39 minWhy more people are quitting their jobs than ever
The data surrounding workplace burnout is alarming. We’re working on average 30% more than we did pre-pandemic.
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