Project support instead of burnout: here's the solution to workplace overload!

According to recent research, Generation Z is increasingly drifting towards stress and burnout instead of a thriving career. This is mainly due to excessive workload or the compulsion to comply due to career aspirations. However, one should not wait for the most promising young professionals to throw in the towel prematurely! A new service from United Consult could help companies avoid this.

At the end of May, an article was published by BBCThe ADP Research Institute's People at Work study examined the motivations, labour market position and career prospects of young workers, typically from Generation Z. The results of the research revealed, among other things, that members of the generation have a very heavy burden on their jobs, frequent overtime and heavy workload, which, if they themselves or employers are not paying attention, can lead to very early burnout. The authors of the study emphasize that promising careers and talented professionals can disappear into the abyss if companies and the employees themselves do not slow down a little, who often take on themselves out of their own professional desires.

Burnout due to overwork and extreme workload also carries real dangers in Hungary, and this is a particularly big risk for companies in today's labor shortage market. Not only the active workforce, but also the supply of senior professionals can easily disappear if we are not careful! Bálint Huzellasuch, at United Consult Balanced Resource SolutionWe talked to the head of his business about this.

Many project managers feel that they are constantly overburdened by their team and themselves due to successive tasks. What are the dangers of all this?

H. B.:— These are difficult situations; and it doesn't even have to be a constant overload. Many times, workers may hear that “this is only temporary, we will just endure somehow”. The question is how long you can do this. Market experience shows that constant overload takes its toll: colleagues lose motivation, get sick, then say yes to the first better offer — or at least the same — and change jobs.

United Consult offers a solution to this problem. What exactly is Project Support?

H. B.:— Within the framework of our program, we relieve the burden on the organization of a given company, thus ensuring that our partners can assign their most experienced colleagues to the most important projects for them at the moment, even ad hoc. This method can not only prevent overwork, but professional arguments will also prevail.

So the priority projects will be carried out by the company's senior specialists, and UC will help to maintain day-to-day operations while the situation normalizes?

H. B.:“Somehow like that. The resource-draining effect of projects typically occurs in conjunction with efforts to reduce resource capacity. The result is that, at best, only the same framework of resources should be used to cover daily tasks and the additional workload resulting from projects at the same time. We make project-dedicated business professionals available by providing resources to relieve your specialists from the tasks that arise from day-to-day operations. Typically, the latter are the ones that require the most time and energy from them. We provide resources for our partners who perform these tasks from the first moment. Thus, each new project is not an obstacle, but a development for the company.

Source:
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230525-why-young-workers-are-putting-in-so-much-overtime