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Burnout:  Signs You're Headed For Trouble

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October 17, 2016 | 2 min reading time

This article is 8 years old. It was published on October 17, 2016.

Burnout: Signs You're Headed For Trouble

Symptoms of burnout include emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and motivational impacts. The more you can identify with the following signs, the more likely you are headed for job burnout.

♦Emotionally, the burned out worker may become critical, cynical, and resentful of work. This includes
  • irritability or impatience with coworkers, clients, and others
  • disillusionment about one's job and
  • dissatisfaction about one's achievements
  • feeling exhausted emotionally, mentally, and physically which may be expressed in various unexplained physical ailments (e.g., headaches, backaches).
♦Behaviorally, the burned out worker may experience:
  • a change in sleep patterns
  • the use of food, drugs, alcohol to try to feel better
  • self-isolation from coworkers and others and
  • skipping work, reporting for work late, and/or leaving early.
♦Cognitively, his or her functioning may decrease. It is harder for the burned out worker to
  • pay attention
  • concentrate and
  • remember.
♦Motivationally, the employee no longer seems to be the ball of fire that he (or she) once was. The worker loses interest in work. He may
  • have trouble dragging himself to work and getting the workday started
  • lack the energy to be consistently productive
  • feel like his work in this job is done
  • procrastinate, taking longer to complete tasks
  • avoid volunteering to help with even small duties
  • encounter declining job performance.
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