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Welcome to Episode 3 where we dive into the burn out we're all experiencing at work and home, which is being dramatically escalated by the global pandemic and political upheaval taking place in many countries around the world. We discuss the impact gender and race has on individual burn out levels, what self-care really looks like and how companies can support their employees by addressing specific causes of burn out.
- Official WHO information on burn out
- Pre-COVID burn out statistics from July 2018 Gallup survey/report on Burn Out entitled "Employee Burnout, Part 1: The 5 Main Causes"
- 2018 article in the National Library of Medicine on burn out gender pathways entitled "Gendered Pathways to Burnout: Results from the SALVEO Study
- Pre-COVID statistics on womxn's burn out levels from October 2019 article in PR Newswire entitled "American Women Confronting Burnout At Epidemic Levels, According To New Harris Poll Commissioned By Meredith Corporation"
- Pre-COVID statistics on household chore split from July 2019 article in the Independent entitled "Women Still Do Majority of Household Chores, Study Finds"
- Post-COVID statistics on employee burn out from September 2020 article by Eagle Hill Consultancy entitled "Employee Burnout from COVID-19 on the Rise, With 58% of U.S. Workers Reporting Burnout"
- Post- COVID statistics on stress levels from September 2020 article in the Harvard Business Review entitled "Preventing Burnout Is About Empathetic Leadership"
- Post-COVID article on workplace burn out from the University of California entitled "Job burnout is a billion-dollar problem. Can we fix it, despite COVID-19?"
- Post-COVID UK statistics & strategies taken from Robert Walters report entitled "Burning the Candle"
- Post-COVID statistics on BIPOC/BAMER burn out & cultural taxation from June 2020 article in Fortune entitled "Beware of Burning Out Your Black Employees" AND
20 July article from Black on White TV entitled "People of Colour Face Burn Out As Companies Ask Them To Work For Free to Combat Racism"
- Check out Project Implicit to understand your own implicit biases and help you start the journey of "un-learning"
- Please check out our "Feminism 101" suggested reading list here if you're at a loose end for a great read from an incredible female author!
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