It seems to be a fairly common problem that many of us feel overwhelmed at work, unsure how to find and achieve a proper work/life balance. And, as it turns out – it’s true! In a recent study conducted by Deloitte, researchers focused on “12 trends that embody ways that the 21st-century workforce is pushing organizations to innovate, transform, and reengineer their human capital practices”. In a nutshell, they took a closer look at corporate talent and HR needs around the world – and what they found was pretty interesting. While the study spans a number of trends and issues, the piece that stuck with me is about how many workers just feel totally overwhelmed. Between email inboxes, texts, social media, meetings and daily conference calls – it’s simply become too much.
Feeling Overwhelmed at Work? Turns Out, You Aren’t Alone
Check out a few stats from the study below and for a full look, click here:
- People check their cell phones nearly 150 times a day! It’s distracting, stressful and generally adds to that overwhelming feeling.
- In addition, today’s business professionals can only focus for 7 minutes at a time.
- 40 percent of men work over 50 hours per week and 80% of them would like to work less.
- People are overwhelmed with the technology in their lives >> 67% of business leaders cite this as an urgent or very important problem, only 4 % believe their company has any type of program to help employees manage the flood of work coming their way.
Do you feel totally overwhelmed at work? Does your company have a plan in place to help employees find a work/life balance?
