Running a business is time consuming and often demanding, but with employee burnout becoming an increasing problem for business owners, how can they strike the right balance between mental health and profitable productivity?
ย Money.co.uk business loans expertsย surveyed 2,000 UK employees to explore theย different generationsโ attitudes to work and burnout coping mechanisms.
Trending on TikTok: Almost two in three employees (63%) manage stress with ‘Bare Minimum Mondays’
Bare minimum Mondays is a TikTok trend whereby you do the bare minimum required of you at work on a Monday, so as to avoid โSunday Scariesโย (experienced by 7 in 10 (63%) workers)ย and ease yourself into the week.ย
Bare minimum Mondays are the UKโs second most popular approach to avoiding burnout, with nearly two thirdsย (63%)ย of workers admitting to doing the bare minimum required of them on a Monday.ย Sunday Scariesย haveย Youngย Millennialsย adopting Bare Minimum Mondays the mostย (67%)ย to avoid stress.
Breaking the data down by age group, theย business loans experts at money.co.ukย found that the number of people participating in Bare Minimum Mondays dramatically declines in the oldest age group.
With burnout becoming a hot-topic in recent years, it seems that younger generations are more aware of coping mechanisms and techniques to avoid it.
โQuiet Quittingโ sees half (54%) of workers cutting workloads
โQuiet Quittingโ means completing one’s minimum work requirements without going above and beyond or bringing work home after hours.ย
The new data fromย money.co.ukย reveals that Quiet Quitting sees on average more than half (54%) of staff working to rule.
Older workers are most likely to work the hardest, but even so, half of them admit toย โQuiet Quittingโ
Just over 3 in 5ย (61%)ย employees surveyed agedย 25-34ย said they currently partake in the TikTok trend โQuiet Quittingโ, followed by over halfย (52%)ย of those agedย 35-44ย andย 18-24 (51%), halfย (50%)ย of those agedย 45-54ย and over 2 in 5ย (42%)ย of those agedย 55+ย who said the same. This is a trend that is clearly popularย across all generations.
Forget four day weeks in all but name, Brits already cut workloads with โFreedom Fridaysโ
โFreedom Fridaysโย is a trend whereby employees take on a lighter workload and more relaxed schedule on a Friday.ย
Freedom Fridays are the UKs most popular TikTok work trend, with over two thirdsย (65%)ย of all workers taking on a lighter โFreedom Fridayโ workload to finish the week earlier.
Freedom Fridays are most popular with millennials as almost three quartersย (72%)ย are regularly finishing up early.
How to keep employees healthy, happy and motivated
On motivating your workforce, supporting their mental health and thus keeping burnout at bay,ย James Andrews,ย money.co.uk business loans expert, said, โGovernment figures show that sickness absence and lost productivity through worklessness contribute towards an estimated ยฃ100bn annual cost to businesses. Our research shows that putting the right workplace perks in place will motivate a third (35%) of your workforce to be more engaged at work and yet they remain an underrated way for business owners to keep their workforce happy and thriving.
โFocusing on perksย known to be beneficial to mental health, like exercise and eating well, can be cost effective for business owners to drive motivation and productivity, at the same time as reducing absenteeism and poor engagement.
“As such, subsidised gym classes and memberships, offering a free healthy breakfast in the office and virtual mental health counselling could end up boosting your bottom line as well as proving popular with staff.โ
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