When one of our clients joined the leadership team of an international financial institution based in Germany, there was a standing item on the executive team’s meeting agenda: burnout cases. That was costly from a time perspective, of course, but that they were spending time on it in each of their meetings was the least of the costs—human and financial—for the organization.
In Germany burnout isn’t just a water cooler complaint. It is taken very seriously by the authorities and has real consequences for organizations where affected individuals work, and for the economy. Employees who are suffering from burnout are signed off as sick but continue to be paid by their employer or an insurer for up to a year and a half.
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