12.6% of the French working population, or 3.2 million people, are currently in a situation of excessive and compulsive work. However, this frenetic pace of work would be at high risk of burnout, commonly known as burnout. These results come from a study conducted by the expertise firm Technologia, made public a few days ago.
However, some occupations seem to be more at risk of burnout than others. Farmers are thus the most affected by burnout: 60% of farmers express a compulsion to work, “which may be due both to the lack of alternatives, to isolation and to the desire to stay in the race at all costs”, reveals the study. 52.9% of farmers feel exhausted at the end of a working day, and 47.1% of them are tired when they get up in the morning.
The burn-out phenomenon would also affect one craftsman, one shopkeeper and one business manager or executive in five. On the other hand, workers and employees seem a little less affected.
According to the observations of the expert firm, the appearance and development of a burnout syndrome can be divided into four phases. Initially, the worker is fully involved in his work and with enthusiasm. Very quickly, this investment turns into over-commitment to work, a phase during which “professional activity and thoughts will reach all spheres of existence”, both in terms of social and family life. Technologia believes that it is at this stage that we must be vigilant, in order to prevent the worker from falling into the third phase: “frenetic relentlessness”.
“The person continues to impose a frantic pace. She increasingly denies her overwork and overload. Pleasure gives way to growing anxiety and the disappearance of job satisfaction. Self-esteem gradually decreases, the person begins to doubt himself, his abilities, ”details the study. This phase of resistance then gives way to a collapse, with an emotional withdrawal, cynicism or even depression.
Through this study, the firm Technologia wishes to highlight the need to recognize burnout syndrome as a disease in its own right, by Social Security.
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