another word for running from their problems

Many employees already have a sense that we aren’t likely to simply “bounce back” to how things were before the COVID-19 crisis. As Albert Einstein said, “In the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity.” Organizations have an opportunity to do more than just “get through it,” restoring the performance and work life enjoyed before the crisis. While positive news about highly effective vaccines gives us new hope, it doesn’t change the fact that a lot of people are struggling-and that may be the case for many months to come. The number of those who rate their mental health as “very poor” is more than three times higher than before the crisis, and mental-health issues are still likely to rise. Pandemic fatigue – reinvigorating the public to prevent COVID-19, World Health Organization Europe, October 5, 2020,.

European nations are reporting increasing levels of pandemic fatigue in their populations.

“Close to one third of Asia Pacific’s remote and firstline workers are facing increased burnout at work,” Microsoft, September 29, 2020,. When you ask people how they are doing and get beyond the perfunctory answers of “I’m fine” or “I’m managing through it,” a deeper level of challenges emerges: “I’m anxious, overwhelmed, and lonely,” “I’m completely burned out,” “I’ve lost my sense of optimism,” “I’m not sure how much longer I can keep going like this.” These experiences go beyond anecdotes: 75 percent of employees in the United States 1īrie Weiler Reynolds, “FlexJobs, Mental Health America survey: Mental health in the workplace,” FlexJobs, August 21, 2020, .Īnd close to a third in the Asia–Pacific region 2

Another word for running from their problems