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Trends: CareerBuilder.com Survey Says 78% of Workers are Burned Out

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 01:00 — anne

Downsized staffs paired with increased workloads may be causing a rise in stress levels around the workplace. According to a CareerBuilder.com survey of more than 7,600 workers nationwide, (78%) reported feeling burned out at work.

Forty-six percent of workers said their workload has increased over the last six months and approximately the same percentage (45%) describe their current workload as heavy or too heavy. Close to a quarter (23%) of workers report they are dissatisfied with their current work/life balance.

More than half (54%) of workers said their companies offer some sort of flexible work arrangements to help manage stress levels and work/life balance and two-thirds indicated that they take advantage of at least one of the programs offered. When asked which benefits they take part in the most, workers said:

1. Alternative schedules (72%)
2. Compressed work weeks (24%)
3. Telecommuting (15%)
4. Summer hours (14%)
5. Job sharing (6%)

"Unmanageable stress levels in the workplace can seriously impact an employee's productivity and home-life," said Rosemary Haefner, Vice President of Human Resources at CareerBuilder.com. "Employers today are being much more proactive in offering a variety of programs that promote a healthy work/life balance, and companies and workers alike are reaping the benefits. Sixty-one percent of workers said taking advantage of flexible work arrangements has made them more productive and 21% said it actually improved their career progress."

Source: CareerBuilder.com/PRNewswire

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