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A sign of the times: Rise of Workaholics Anonymous
February 25, 2013 at 5:17 AM
After widespread success in America, Workaholics Anonymous has made its way to Australian shores reports The Age Newspaper.
Workaholics Anonymous is a support group established in a similar way to the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12-step program, with groups now up and running in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide.
A recent study found people are more likely to experience burnout when they are exposed to continuous stress, long hours, increased workload and a feeling that they have no other work alternative.
Dr Tim Hill, an organisational and industrial psychologist, said those with high ambition but a lack of stress management skills are strong candidates for burnout.
“If you’ve got a new hire who has a real need to prove themselves in a position that has a relative degree of difficulty, desire to prove themselves can turn into a compulsion – they may lose work to life balance, neglecting their needs if they have obvious behavioural changes, something like depersonalisation can be a strong indicator they’re on their way to burnout.”
Employers are urged to look out for warning signs such as; a rise in absenteeism, increased workplace conflict and cynicism, isolation or detachment from others in the workplace.
An automated time and attendance software system can monitor and track employees’ working hours as well as unplanned absence and leave. By recording absences, a time and attendance software system builds a complete Employee Absence Profile which can be viewed on a weekly, monthly, or annual basis. While a Group Absence Profile allows you to analyse absence for a specific team, department or site.
By measuring the work absences of individual employees a time and attendance software system can identify how these absences impact the organisation’s overall productivity, while real-time reporting allows supervisors and managers to quickly identify potential problem areas and address issues before they get out of hand.