Working 9 to 5 use to be a typical schedule for many employees. Long hours turn into longs days and even years and eventually employees lose track of time. Corporate leaders are fighting to maintain stability, make more money and the status as the number one organization. Whereas, the hard working employees within the organization are struggling just to make enough money to survive, while organizations are getting rich. As organizational leaders are striving to make their bonuses bigger, the employees who are doing all the extra work do not even get a bonus. 

According to Robinson (2019), 44% of employees exhibit some burnout due to having a hectic work schedule that can lead to job stress, decrease job performance and the worst of all leaving the job. The overflow of income within an organization can lead to a positive outcome for the “ management” but what about the employees the people who are getting up before the sun comes up or going to work when sun has went down just to make someone else even richer. Is it fair that organizations are getting richer at the expense of causing an employee to have burnout the answer is NO! The downside of this problem is many employees do not have a choice because they have to work and many do not have an education (college) to help them be competitive in today’s corporate environment. The negative effects of burnout has resulted in $150 to $350 billion dollars annually for many U.S. organizations (Robinson, 2019). Burnout is definitely understood by many leaders to be a major problem and it is now time for employees to stop breaking their backs (Figuratively speaking). Here are a few tips to help move you from making the organizations richer to making yourself richer.

1. Stop and think about a job position that you truly want to work in and then find out how to get the position.
2. Complete any educational goals that you need in order to be successful.
3. Connect with other people who inspire to do great things and achieve goals. Align yourself with people who only want to build you up and not tear you down.

References

Robinson, B. (2019). What is burnout and what to companies do? Retrieved from

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2019/06/02/the-burnout

About the Author

James Rankin is currently a quality assurance professional at a large dairy processing facility. He is alumni of the University of Phoenix and a member of the National Society of Leadership Success network.  James’s areas of interest include motivating and inspiring individuals to reach their highest potentials. James is currently working towards getting a teaching license to work in the public school system in special education.  He holds a Doctor of Management degree in Organizational Leadership.

Working extra hours to full-fill a job requirement can be overwhelming resulting in employee burnout.  Individuals strive to do the best job possible but the daily cycle to meet the deadlines is affecting the employee’s ability to perform a task successfully.  Many employees work the typical 9 to 5 job, however other spends 12 hours or more on the job trying to meet the deadline. Each day a new task or request is presented and instead of saying, no I cannot do any more employees say nothing aloud but inside they are screaming: WHY ME? The feeling of taking on  many job tasks is like drinking from a glass that is too full. Each time you get one task completed – and there is a chance that you could leave work early or take some time off from the job – more work is added, which fills your glass back up.  To overcome this situation and to reduce employee burnout consider doing the following steps: 

• Remain calm and think about what to say before responding
• Talk to the person in charge and let them know the reasons why you cannot complete the job task
• Request assistance from another employee
• Request a leave of absent to regenerate

About the Author

James Rankin is currently a quality assurance professional at a large dairy processing facility. He is alumni of the University of Phoenix and a member of the National Society of Leadership Success network.  James’s areas of interest include motivating and inspiring individuals to reach their highest potentials.  He holds a Doctor of Management degree in Organizational Leadership.