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Testimonial N°2/bad practice

Thematic OVERWORK

Methods that worked well in a traditional work environment are not suitable
for hybrid working methods. In this new world, "collaboration" can often be
summed up as a succession of online meetings and tasks that have the effect
of weakening the concentration of the worker who feels overloaded.
Name of the Emma
worker
(it can be
anonymous)

Country Belgium
Occupation Project coordinator in NGO

0. Problema “I am a project coordinator, and we have all experienced this in my
tic situation in my department: the impression of spending most of the day in meetings, for
job/my relative efficiency. Unfortunately, this is one of the drawbacks of networking.
organisation This inconvenience is, at the root of it all, completely understandable and
regarding flexible acceptable. In fact, the meeting, the fact of seeing and talking live between
work all or most of the participants, remains the most practical and democratic
way of advancing in the work, especially at the social level. It is a privileged
means of communication, even if it implies accepting a certain slowness,
sometimes difficult to manage, especially in a society that is more and more
about immediacy. This being said, meetings often multiply without any
decision being taken, leading to the participants' weariness...
In my organization, I have noticed that the number of online meetings after
Covid has risen sharply to the point of having 4 or 5 per day. These meetings
are often not very useful and sometimes an email could replace them. A few
months ago, I had a burn out. I stopped working for 15 days because I could
not manage anymore.”

B. How do "I think these issues should be taken very seriously in the world of work. Far
you think from feeling comfortable, remote workers worry that their bosses and
the colleagues will question how hard they work. To demonstrate the opposite,
situation they sometimes make it a point of honor to participate in all forms of
could be communication. This is dangerous because by being "always connected",
improved workers can be led to neglect their essential work, causing them to lose
? productivity and stress.”

Reference https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2020/09/01/work-from-
s on the home-burnout-causes-and-cures/?sh=1746066db881
topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=cFjK5WLpSHE&ab_channel=Headspace