If your employees show symptoms such as coming home early, leaving late, taking frequent sick leave, etc… that is when they are overloaded with work, so you need to review the work schedule and find solutions to solve it.
Strong emotional expression
Bosses may think that in the workplace, emotions and work can't be related, but remember that employees are still people. Campbell advises managers to pay attention to employees' s strong emotional expressions when they are at work, such as: acting nervous, shouting at co-workers or even bursting into tears. In such cases, the boss needs to listen, reassure and care for the employee. Try to figure out what's going on with employees instead of putting more pressure on them. Even when employees are crying, don't try to stop it, and most of all, don't see them as unprofessional because of that.
Lack of teamwork spirit
For employees to engage with each other requires mutual trust. Every employee needs to think and speak as a member of a team with an open and constructive spirit. A strong team is one whose members care about each other's thoughts and feelings. In an enterprise that lacks a collective culture and teamwork spirit, the work burden on each employee will certainly increase and the likelihood of them being overloaded or stressed will be higher.
Go early and return late
If some employees behave like this, other employees will experience greater work pressure and the quality of customer service may decrease. In this case, Campbell advises managers to find out the cause, help employees adjust working time in the most optimal way, while ensuring work quality and meeting the balance between work and life for employees.
Blame each other
When working regularly under overload, employees are more likely to make mistakes, leading to blaming each other. Campbell advises managers and employees to analyze the root causes of errors, frankly to recognize the weaknesses in the work process or to coordinate among employees, thereby helping them reduce their work load.
Lack of time for personal life
When many employees complain about this situation, it is a sign of the overload they may be experiencing at work. Campbell believes that managers can overcome this situation by creating conditions for employees to work remotely or flexibly, work focused on certain days of the week and work from home on certain days. Some companies may also develop work-life balance policies for employees.
The rate of employees leaving the job is increasing
One day, the boss suddenly realizes that there are many new faces or the absence of the best employees. The reason may be because high work pressure causes employees to leave work often. In this case, Campbell advises managers to create conditions for employees to take short trips together, extend vacation time, make up for extra days off when employees participate in some projects. Projects are large and work long hours, create comfortable work days, review compensation and benefits policies, provide employees with free lunches once a week.
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