Burnout: How to prevent early Onset

Burnout: How to prevent early Onset - Debasmita Dash & Pallabi Ganguly
Simply providing an in-house counsellor is not enough; the company needs to remove the stigma attached to it. The person needs to know when to stop giving, giving and giving! Violating boundaries for short term success can have severe long-term consequences.

In a world that is slowly waking up to the relevance of mental health, burnout is not an alien concept anymore. The 11th Revision of the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has classified it as an occupational phenomenon resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. However, what needs attention is the belief that burnout is primarily faced by senior workers, who have reached a certain stage in their careers and the tumultuous pressure leads to burnout. Age has nothing to do with burnout, as an astonishingly high percentage of youngsters report being burnt out at the early stages of their careers.

A “2018 Mental Health Foundation study by YouGov found that just 7-per cent of young adult respondents hadn’t felt overwhelmed or unable to cope at some point during the year. 60% of 18-24-year olds and 41% of 25-34-year olds reported the pressure to succeed as a stress or, compared to just 6% of people aged 55+.” –  Stress: Are We Coping? Research Report,...

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Debasmita Dash & Pallabi Ganguly

Students of School of Human Resource Management, XIM University in MBA HRM 2021-2023

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Debasmita Dash & Pallabi Ganguly

Students of School of Human Resource Management, XIM University in MBA HRM 2021-2023

Pallabi Ganguly

Students of School of Human Resource Management, XIM University in MBA HRM 2021-2023

December 2024

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