Working From Home or Back in the Office, People are Burning Out
Shobha Surya, associate manager for projects and sales operations of Ajinomoto, a global food and pharmaceutical company, works in a shared office space in Itasca, Ill., Monday, June 7, 2021. Surya said she feels energized by the light pouring in from skylights at the new headquarters, adding that she missed her colleagues and is thrilled to be back in-person. AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar
It’s been a year and a half since the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. In those early days, for those of us who could keep doing our jobs from home, it felt like a privilege — especially as so many Americans were furloughed, laid off, or outright fired. But now, some are finding that work-from-home routine to be harder than ever. We talked to a licensed clinical psychologist and the author of The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It about burnout and how it affects different communities.
GUESTS:
Teresa Mok
Licensed Clinical Psychologist based in Urbana
Jennifer Moss
Harvard Business Review contributor, radio columnist, and author of The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It
Another year into COVID and 42% of women are feeling burned out — 1 in 3 are now considering dropping out of the workforce/downshifting. And there’s a big gap between allyship and action on #DEI, @mckinseyorg @LeanInOrg’s #WomenInTheWorkplace finds:https://t.co/XpLD9rGk9y
— Kaelyn Forde (@kaelynforde) September 27, 2021
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