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9 months ago

How overwork is impacting tech professionals’ health

Trigger warning: mentions of suicide For a hot minute, it seemed like the covid-19 pandemic had brought a renewed focus on work-life balance. Most often tech roles require employees to sit and work from one place, which further nudges them into a sedentary lifestyle that's now associated with several health concerns including increasing mortality risk. The survey found that the …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Mental health, burnout concerns not addressed in new PG medical education regulations, say doctors

The Hindu

The recently notified Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 have drawn criticism from doctors, who say that key concerns — such as the working hours, mental health and burnout issues among resident doctors, as well as the irregularity of stipends — have not been addressed. Doctors with disabilities None of the recommendations provided by a group called Doctors with Disabilities: Agents …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Handling dementia caregiver burnout: A guide

Live Mint

Dementia is a condition characterised by the loss of cognitive functioning of a person to such an extent that it affects their daily life and activities. A WHO study reports that 80% of dementia patients are looked after by their family members, who give about 6 to 8 hours of care in the initial stages; this figure almost doubles in …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Burnout Syndrome Results From Work Stress Not Properly Managed

Deccan Chronicle

Actually BURN OUT was coined in the year 1974 do to describe the consequences of severe stress but the importance of this syndrome is more evident of late more so during the catastrophic Covid 19 pandemic In one recent survey BURN OUT was cited as the main reason for large numbers of people TO QUIT their jobs to quit their …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Op-Ed: Laborers who fought for 40-hour weeks a century ago wouldn’t want you to send work emails from bed

LA Times

There is an adage in the business world that speaks a truth at the heart of many work, family and health dysfunctions: “Work expands to fill the available time.” Of course, in a digitally connected world, that is all the time. One of the conditions that can come from burnout is depression, which has been estimated to account for 400 …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Can Burnout Breaks Help Cope With The Pandemic? Here's What Experts Say

News 18

Employees of many organisations including dating app Bumble and sportswear giant Nike breathed a sigh of relief amid the global pandemic after their employers gave them a week’s off to ‘de-stress’, spend time with loved ones, and recover from added pressures of sickness. Everyone is constantly on their working desks, which has resulted in exhaustion, fatigue, lack of focus among …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Priyanka Chopra-backed company gives its 700 employees paid vacation to recover from Covid burnout

Live Mint

Dating app Bumble, which has actor Priyanka Chopra as an investor, temporarily closed its offices this week, giving its about 700 employees a “much needed break” to recover from Covid burnout. With coronavirus-induced restrictions now largely lifted across the country, companies are taking different approaches to retain staff and boost productivity. In-person dates went virtual as Zoom happy hours, Netflix …

3 years, 7 months ago

Why do we buy into the 'cult' of overwork?

BBC

Why do we buy into the 'cult' of overwork? Alamy "There are way easier places to work, but nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week," SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted in 2018 Overwork culture is thriving; we think of long hours and constant exhaustion as a marker of success. Some of the earliest researchers on …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Google is Giving Its Employees Friday Off For 'Collective Wellbeing' and Everybody Wants In

News 18

Almost six months into working from home during a global pandemic, employees may be starting to feel burnout – despite very rarely stepping out, or engaging in heavy physical exercise. The company is giving employees another day off to avoid burnout as the Covid-19 pandemic forces people to continue working from home. “We strongly encourge you to take this day …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Some 4 million Netherlands workers at risk of burnout

NL Times

Four million people in the Netherlands are at risk of burning out within six months if no action is taken, according to a survey by the national center for stress and burnout NCPSB among 427 professionals. This number increased significantly due to the coronavirus crisis, NCPSB chairman Theo Immers said to newspaper AD. Many people are struggling to manage the …

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