Stress and Burnout
Stress and Burnout
Mary Johnson
OMM 618 Human Resource Management MFG 1326 A
Felicia Bridgewater
7/29/13
Stress and burnout go hand in hand and it’s easy to end up in this situation when you continuously work more overtime hours than the average employee at your place of employment. Most of these employees are working both second and third shifts back to back at least five to six times a week. This is becoming a widespread trend in the workplace and the need for ways to not only deal with the stress it takes on the individual, but also a strategy to stop employee turnover that is a large part of the reason job burnout happens. According to the text, burnout is a phenomenon closely associated with job stress. Experts define burnout as the total depletion of physical and mental resources caused by excessive striving to reach an unrealistic work-related goal. Some of the suggestions made for making changes in the routine is to first, “Break your pattern:” limiting the continuous double shift cycles at work can make a big difference in not only your well being, but state of mind as well. “Get away from it all periodically;” Taking a vacation is a great way to unwind and get some well deserved rest. “Reassess your goals in terms of their intrinsic worth;” Make sure that the long term goals you set for yourself will be something you can achieve. It is very important that you plan this stage of your career with time management that will help you draw on the bigger picture of your future. “Think about your work;” Take a good look at what you normally do during a single shift and determine if slacking off a double dose of the same thing three to four days a week is worth your time, energy, and mental psyche. (Dessler, 2013). According to an article from proquest, downtime is an extremely important factor in keeping ourselves mentally and physically prepared for what ever issues we may face while working.
Mary Johnson
OMM 618 Human Resource Management MFG 1326 A
Felicia Bridgewater
7/29/13
Stress and burnout go hand in hand and it’s easy to end up in this situation when you continuously work more overtime hours than the average employee at your place of employment. Most of these employees are working both second and third shifts back to back at least five to six times a week. This is becoming a widespread trend in the workplace and the need for ways to not only deal with the stress it takes on the individual, but also a strategy to stop employee turnover that is a large part of the reason job burnout happens. According to the text, burnout is a phenomenon closely associated with job stress. Experts define burnout as the total depletion of physical and mental resources caused by excessive striving to reach an unrealistic work-related goal. Some of the suggestions made for making changes in the routine is to first, “Break your pattern:” limiting the continuous double shift cycles at work can make a big difference in not only your well being, but state of mind as well. “Get away from it all periodically;” Taking a vacation is a great way to unwind and get some well deserved rest. “Reassess your goals in terms of their intrinsic worth;” Make sure that the long term goals you set for yourself will be something you can achieve. It is very important that you plan this stage of your career with time management that will help you draw on the bigger picture of your future. “Think about your work;” Take a good look at what you normally do during a single shift and determine if slacking off a double dose of the same thing three to four days a week is worth your time, energy, and mental psyche. (Dessler, 2013). According to an article from proquest, downtime is an extremely important factor in keeping ourselves mentally and physically prepared for what ever issues we may face while working.