More than half of employees still suffering from burnout: report

The number of employees suffering from burnout may have decreased over the year, but their numbers remain significantly high, according to a report from isolved.

The report found that 65% of 1,100 full-time employees in the U.S. are suffering from burnout, down from the 69% in the previous report.

"It seems the effort that employers are putting in to protect the mental health and wellness of their workforce is making an impact, albeit slightly," the report said.

Despite the declining trend, the impact of burnout remains prevalent for 71% of the respondents, including 38% who said they are not as enthusiastic as they could be and 33% who said they perform their required duties, but nothing more.

Addressing burnout at work

More than half of the respondents (52%) said their employers could address burnout by providing a flexible work environment, according to the report.

The findings further underscore the impact of flexibility in employee wellbeing, as more employees demand the benefit from their employers.

In addition, employees said their employers could also address burnout by:

• Providing resources on how to minimise burnout (43%)
• Putting a policy in place about responding to work after hours (40%)
• Providing tools that allow them to manage their own performance (28%)

Underwhelming company culture

Celia Fleischaker, Chief Marketing Officer at isolved, said successful businesses are focused on creating and maintaining employee experience that meets employees' needs and wants.

"Creating employee experiences that matter is great for businesses," Fleischaker said in a statement.

The report underscores that employee experience and culture go hand in hand, but it also found that 39% of employees aren't happy with their company's culture.

"This year's report found that one of the top reasons employees are not satisfied with their current role is because they're underwhelmed by their company's culture," Fleischaker said.

According to the report, the top threats to company culture include:

• Overworked employees (18%)
• Stressed employees (16%)
• Poor leadership (16%)
• Remote work environments (14%)
• Negative attitudes (11%)

To improve company culture, majority of the respondents said having better internal communications (19%) would help the most, as well as paying employees their market value (18%). Other measures include:

• Providing flexible work environment (11%)
• Investing in professional development (9%)
• Offering better benefits (9%)
• Providing employee engagement programmes (8%)
• Reacting to employee feedback(7%)
• Offering more paid time off (7%)