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Understanding and Tackling Employee Burnout: A Guide for Employers

What is Burnout? Talmetrix relies on The World Health Organization’s definition of burnout: "a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed." Burnout has become an epidemic that continues to rise. So much so that in 2022, Google searches for the phrases “burnout” and “burnout symptoms” hit an all-time high (Harvard Business Review, 2022). How can I tell if employees may be experiencing burnout? According to the World Health Organization, signs of burnout at work include employees feeling: depleted or exhausted mentally distant from their job or negative feelings or cynicism about their [...]

Alexis Gray2023-05-01T12:55:05+00:00April 26, 2023|Culture, Employee Engagement|

What to Do About Your Black Employees Not Wanting to Return to the Office

As explored in a recent article, only 3% of Black knowledge workers want to return to working in the office. Some of the reasons included microaggressions, less of a feeling of belonging and lack of recovery and processing time for systemic issues. Though there are a myriad of reasons why employees would prefer to choose to work from home, companies will need to find ways to address these issues for a successful transition back to the routine of working in the office. Let’s first take a look at what’s important to Black employees as demonstrated in our Diversity & [...]

Jason Ruebel2023-05-03T20:49:24+00:00December 13, 2021|Covid19, Culture, DEI, Diversity, Inclusion, Uncategorized|

3 Reasons Why Your Black Employees Don’t Want to Return to the Office

Despite the recent rise in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant, millions of American workers have been returning to working in the office this summer. And, still more are headed back to the office this fall and winter. It’s an understatement to say there are mixed feelings about returning to the traditional routine of commuting to and working in the office on a daily basis. Indeed, there are a number of employees with negative perceptions of doing so. However, there’s one group with such low opinion around working in the office – Black employees. The Future Forum ran [...]

Jason Ruebel2022-07-14T14:11:29+00:00December 13, 2021|Covid19, Culture, DEI, Diversity, Employee Experience, Equality, Racism, Remote Work, Uncategorized|