'Burnout comes with the job'
The news that dating app Bumble is to close its offices for a week to allow its staff to recover from "collective burnout" has pushed the issue of worker stress into the limelight.following a busy year that saw the company launch on the US stock market.
Since the pandemic started, Sarah has tried to encourage her employees to talk about their struggles and challenges. Sarah also felt this pressure herself. She noticed she was continually returning to her laptop, whether it was after dinner or after putting the children to bed. The key to coping with burnout is control, according to experts. "Not everyone has the option of leaving their job but it's about doing what you can with the things you can control," says Siobhan Murray, author of The Burnout Solution.
"Even before the pandemic, mental health was the most common cause of work-related ill-health. This is very much an industrial issue and it needs to be treated as such."Italia Jensen works as head of youth voice at The Mix - a young person's digital support charity. Italia says she knew the warning signs of burnout having suffered from it when she was younger, so when the symptoms returned she took a week off as sick leave.
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