Poor work-life balance
A common issue that need not necessarily be evident immediately but can eventually turn into a real problem is an employee's inability to balance work and personal life. If someone is trying long-term to excel both at home and at work, they often end up feeling frustrated by the situation in both these areas. To prevent such a problem, you should offer your employees flexibility and understanding when dealing with personal matters so they do not feel under pressure and do not neglect the personal aspect of their lives.
Feeling of not being valued sufficiently
According to Management Today, burnt out employees often say they feel undervalued. It frequently seems to them that nobody appreciates the results of their work and nobody is interested in their efforts. Someone with such feelings often loses the motivation to perform well at work and then loses all interest in their job. This is why you should not only praise employees appropriately if they invest a lot of effort in their work, but also make them feel their job has a deeper, long-term meaning they can be proud of when carrying out their duties.
Lack of power
An equally troublesome problem occurs if an employee feels they have no impact on events at the company. This issue often arises if their manager tends to micro-manage, i.e. supervise all the details of employees' work. Allow space and room for manoeuvre to employees, within which they can at least partly do things the way they want to. Give them your trust and thus make them feel they themselves can make decisions about their own work and fate.
Work overload
Stress rooted in an employee's inability to manage their assigned tasks may accumulate and over time lead to the burnout phase. The problem is that many employees cannot or do not want to admit they are unable to handle the work allocated to them; thus none of the managers has the chance to intervene before the problem escalates out of all proportion. Set up the culture in your team so that employees are not afraid to speak about these issues and the atmosphere within your department allows them to admit they are not managing the things they are committed to.
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