Source: SmartCompany
At the urging of my boss (the CEO of Private Media), HR department, and GP, I had last week off work, sick.
The doctor’s medical certificate said I had a medical condition and would be “unfit for work”. I definitely felt that way. For more than a month I had been struggling with my sleep.
Chatting to me in the weeks before my absence my boss had spotted the signs of what is described in catch-all terms as “burnout”.
According to the World Health Organization, burnout is chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed: more than 60% of Australian employees reported feelings of burnout according to the latest data.
Mental health and wellbeing support network Beyond Blue says burnout can result from too much stress at work: “burnout is a combination of feeling exhausted.
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