Burnout Britain: Raising the Alarm for Employers - Hudson

Burnout Britain?
Raising the Alarm for Employees.
Fig 2. Causes of burnout
Main causes of burnout
[Major factor + Factor responses]
Proportion of
employees
Proportion of
employers
Increased pace of business life and demands 76% 78%
Increased competitive environment 71% 67%
Decrease in number of employees to do the
same amount of work
Increased requirement for 24/7 availability and
response
Increased worry that problems will arise in an
employee's absence
70% 63%
66% 65%
57% 49%
Increased use of fast-response technology,
such as email, PDAs, mobile phone, voicemail, 56% 57%
Blackberry
Increased globalisation of working practices
(e.g. requirement to deal with offices in
different time zones)
37% 33%
Colleagues' use of flexible working
arrangements
27% 26%
Bases: All employees/employers believing burnout exists
Relatively few employees viewed advances in technology and 24/7 accessibility as
a catalyst for burnout, aside from older employees (aged over 46), over two thirds
of which (69%) viewed ‘increased use of fast-response technology’ as a cause of
burnout compared to just one in two (50%) of their colleagues aged 35 and under.