Are you being rewarded for the effort you put in?

Another reason why people experience burnout, is that the reward doesn’t match the effort they invested in the job. A big problem is that people don’t receive any appreciation for… pretty much anything.

“Ye, ye congratulations but those don’t pay the bills.”

You are 100% right. People need to be rewarded for their efforts, but here’s the thing, if you do a good job on a project that you get a salary for anyways, that doesn’t mean the manager has to give you more money, just because you completed your responsibilities. On the other hand, if you achieved an objective and you weren’t rewarded, then that’s a problem. People need to be paid for achieving objectives. Why?

Because it’s a very good incentive for them to do better next time and to ask for more responsibilities, which will lead to a raise and more productivity, which benefits the company.

 

You might not know, but people aren’t praised. Saying “good job” or “congratulations” to a colleague or even to a boss, is a nice thing to do and they will appreciate it, as long as you’re being honest.

Say please and thank you. Being nice to people goes a long way. However, you don’t have to be that nice so they treat you like a doormat, you have to know when you need to step in and claim what’s yours.

Here’s a nice exercise:

If money would completely disappear and you wouldn’t need it for anything, what would you do? Would you still work? Probably, because you, most likely, need a sense of purpose and work can give you that and keeps you busy. Wouldn’t you want to be in a place with people who appreciate you, value you as a person and as well as your contributions?

 So many people aren’t appreciated and crave for it. They won’t admit it, but they will 100% feel good when someone says something nice to them. I guarantee it. Social environment matters a lot at work to “protect” you from burnout and outside of work to push you to become better.

“I don’t need compliments.”

Sure, keep lying to yourself.