On the fresh issue of the Economy360° podcast, we discuss the problem of chronic worker fatigue. You try to take a break on a weekend or holiday, but you still feel like a horse: no tasty food, no alcohol, no sleep, no even entertainment. /nginx/o/2025/01/03/16576005t1hf113.jpg)
Psychologist Anna Litvinyuk. Photo: Daniel Gilman
In the fresh issue
of the Economy360° podcast, we discuss the problem of chronic fatigue of workers. You try to rest on the weekend or on holidays, but you still feel you are a horse: no tasty food, no alcohol, no sleep, no even entertainment.
What should an employee do so that
constant fatigue doesn’t lead to final burnout? What measures to take manager, so that productivity of work in the company doesn’t fall?
Guest podcast – psychologist Anna Litvinyuk.
First
a little bit of statistics: in Estonia in 2021 in 2021 55% of employees worked overtime. According to a recent Peaasi.ee poll, 46% experienced emotional burnout, 38% had sleep problems.
At general most half of the country’s people have any chronic illness, which could exacerbate feeling fatigued and reduce work capacity.
The most common chronic fatigue syndrome occurs in people in the most working age from 20 to 50 years (the younger, the younger, by the way, the more common), from 65 to 80% of these are women.
That is, the people are sick, and many have nowhere to go: they need to feed their children,You have to pay the mortgage, you have to pay the mortgage, there are cuts everywhere, the economy is in a downturn.
You try to rest on the weekend or on the holidays, but you still feel you are a horse: no tasty food, no alcohol, no sleep, no even entertainment.
As Anna Litvinyuk says, it is that chronic fatigue is only one of the key symptoms of emotional and professional burnout.
By burnout we commonly mean a loss of interest in work, which is accompanied by a decrease in work performance, a decrease in energy and a decrease in interest in the result.
For the worker burnout is causing serious problems with mental and physical health, and for the company the loss of productivity of work, decreased quality of service, constant leakage of staff and toxic relationships in the team, Litwiniuk states.
“Unfortunately, many people, especially workaholics, are often inclined to ignore the signs of impending trouble,” the psychologist says.
Besides chronic fatigue, there are some other basic signs of gradual burnout, Litwiniuk argues.
Firstly, it’s cynicism, loss of empathy towards others, including colleagues and clients.
“The second sign is you want to run to the edge of the world. Buy a ticket to one end, no one to hear anymore, no one to communicate, ” the psychologist continues.
Another alarming sign if you begin to make errors in simple things, and you have to follow the familiar work tasks you haveIt takes significantly more time than before.
It is also reasonable to talk to a specialist (for first time it is possible even to a family doctor), if you have sleep disturbances.
Further down the list are permanent doubts about your powers and abilities, when you are gradually being sucked into the so called “vortex of hopelessness”.
“Very common, in in that in Estonia, are situations where a person simply leaves the job and doesn’t return,” Litviniuk adds.
And lastly, a employee should definitely have to beep the bells if he suffers regular problems with self feeling and often takes sick leave, the expert emphasizes.
What What else to talk about in the podcast:
- Firing or transitioning to a new job in this case isn’t an way out?
- Young people suffer more and
- Managers are more prone to chronic fatigue? Or is it not about the position?
- Preventing chronic fatigue and burnout: how and what to do not only the employee, but and the management of the firm?
For more – in the fresh issue of the Economy360° podcast.
Music used in the podcast: Keep Calm and Podcast – Step To The Beat.
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