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Work Different
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Work Different

by Kate Bravery, Ilya Bonic, Kai Anderson
November 2023
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 52m
English
Wiley
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CHAPTER 2Stressed Out, Burnt Out, and Quietly Quitting

Anxiety.

Exhaustion.

Depression.

Unsustainable work habits.

Unrealistic work expectations.

One trillion dollars in lost productivity, yearly.1

Yes, this is a rough way to start a chapter, but there are people at your company who experience all of that on a daily basis due primarily to their job situation. Imagine how rough it is for them.

We're often asked if it's true that a notable percentage of workers across the world feel overworked, underappreciated, and undervalued. Unfortunately, from what we've seen—and we've seen a lot—the answer is a resounding yes. To that end, Mercer’s research told us that workers' energy levels around the world dropped by 11% from 2019 to 2021. Perceptions of burnout risk rose from an already unpalatable 63% of workers globally feeling at risk pre‐pandemic to a shocking 81% just two years later!2

With one in two workers reporting that they feel exhausted on any given day, medical claims on the rise, and a significant proportion of workers failing to return to work from their long‐term sick leave, it's clear that not all workers are thriving.3 The challenge, though, is that by the time we see signs of distress, it's often too late to turn it around.

Not good. Which begs the question: What are organizations getting wrong?

Has work really become such a health hazard, or are people just less resilient than before? Is this mental health crisis more evident simply because workers are speaking up ...

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