{"id":26238,"date":"2021-01-03T05:43:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T13:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=26238"},"modified":"2021-01-13T07:18:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:18:14","slug":"remote-employee-burnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/remote-employee-burnout\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Employee Burnout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employee burnout is a pain point for many property managers. It\u2019s a major contributor to high turnover, which is costly, time consuming and quickly depletes employee morale. In remote work environments, there are additional risks and considerations. Fortunately, you can fight back.<\/p>\n

A few industry experts offer tips, tools and insights to prevent and mitigate burnout amongst your remote staff.\"concept<\/p>\n

Why should you keep an eye on employee burnout?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Employee burnout is the first step in a downward spiral that you may recognize: an overwhelmed employee cannot indefinitely sustain a high level of performance. Eventually, job performance suffers, and fellow employees are required to pick up the slack.<\/p>\n

As other team members compensate, their workloads increase to unsustainable levels. Emotions and frustrations run high, morale plummets and then someone quits. Their workload shifts to other employees, which increases the potential for burnout and the cycle continues.<\/p>\n

In remote work environments, employees may not have a designated home office or coworking space. This means that they are facing professional and domestic challenges in tandem, potentially quickening the burnout cycle.<\/p>\n

It costs between $5,505.80 and $9,444.47 per turnover to replace an entry-level employee<\/a>. Harvard Business Review reports that the psychological and physical toll of burnout cost an estimated\u00a0$125 billion to $190 billion a year\u00a0<\/a>in healthcare spending.<\/p>\n

Eric Garten, partner at global management consulting firm Bain & Company, believes that\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg. \u201cThe true cost to business can be far greater, thanks to low productivity across organizations, high turnover, and the loss of the most capable talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues, \u201cExecutives\u00a0need to own up to their role in creating the workplace stress that leads to burnout\u2014heavy workloads, job insecurity, and frustrating work routines that include too many meetings and far too little time for creative work. Once executives\u00a0confront the problem at an organizational level, they can use organizational measures to address it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Signs and symptoms of staff burnout<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burnout presents itself differently in each employee, but two things remains the same: a shift in character and performance. Everyone has a bad day, but when employees demonstrate new, negative tendencies over prolonged periods, it\u2019s time to check in.<\/p>\n

The Mayo Clinic lists common symptoms of burnout<\/a> as:<\/p>\n