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Remote working is causing employees to feel overworked

 A recent survey found that remote working promotes a culture of "Presenteeism," which makes employees feel overworked and stressed.

According to four out of five HR managers, working from home has fueled the idea that employees should be present and online all the time.

Three-quarters believe it has the potential to have a detrimental influence on employees' mental health by leading to burnout and anxiety, according to research commissioned by LinkedIn in collaboration with the Mental Health Foundation.

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According to a LinkedIn survey of office workers, 86% of them feel the need to demonstrate to their managers that they are working hard and deserving of their positions.

Since lockdown started, people who work from home have accrued an additional 28 hours of overtime per month on average. It is equivalent to almost four days of work.

Despite the adjustment to working remotely, more than half say they recognize the advantages and would like their company to provide them the choice to do so more frequently. Of those surveyed, 44% claim to feel closer to their family members.


Businesses may have unfavorable effects from remote working.

HR professionals worry that they may lose employees who may have to take time off of work as a result of this burnout, in addition to experiencing more anxiety and loneliness. 56 percent worry about lowered team morale.

People who work from home during these historic times are more vulnerable to burnout because of the high stakes environment we are in on a personal and global level, according to Chris O'Sullivan of the Mental Health Foundation.

"There just aren't enough hours in the day to work full time, look after children at home, and keep up with our other commitments," the company stated. "We cannot have the same business-as-usual expectations on ourselves or of our staff."

People who work from home during these historic times are more vulnerable to burnout because of the high stakes environment we are in on a personal and global level, according to Chris O'Sullivan of the Mental Health Foundation.

"There just aren't enough hours in the day to work full time, look after children at home, and keep up with our other commitments," the company stated. "We cannot have the same business-as-usual


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Reference

City A M

05 MAY 2020

https://www.cityam.com/remote-working-is-causing-employees-to-feel-overworked/

Accede 24 August 2022

Comments

  1. Dinithi3 September 2022 at 09:12

    Important & interesting topic. Maintaing employee motivation during remote work is required the most.

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  2. Tharindu Sanjeewa Gunathilaka 3 September 2022 at 11:24

    A strong disadvantage of remote working is employees have to work more than their office hours without overtime pay.

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  3. Pramod's Blog4 September 2022 at 09:44

    Great post...

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