In the wake of the pandemic, studies show that wellbeing concerns are now equally important to workers as compensation, especially when finding a new job., limited to subsidised gym memberships or a mention of healthy eating. But not in the world of hybrid, remote and flexible work routines, where the contest for better wellbeing amid a buoyant labour market is a bloodsport.
Black Dog Institute research illustrated that merely having a manager who was willing to validate a mental health related concern was enough to elevate that workplace to the upper tier of performance in wellbeing markers.Financial Times The research found the majority of workers withheld information about their emotional lives due to fear of others finding out and being perceived as weak, which would then potentially hampered their career progression.
While still not a medical category, the essence of burnout was the clash of frustrated idealism with the technocratic coldness of a large organisation. It was the psychological collateral damage from the transformation of an industrialised society to a post-industrial service-oriented economy.