ATLANTA – According to a new survey, 43% of Georgia workers are working after office hours.
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In a recent survey conducted by VoiceNation, we surveyed Americans about overtime work. The results reveal that 40% of workers are working longer than their contracted hours.
The data in Georgia found workers are:
- I check emails after work hours: 46%
- I check my emails outside of work hours: 47%
- I start earlier than my contracted hours: 40%
- I work later than my contracted hours: 43%
Did you know employees in the US are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), meaning unless exempt you are eligible to receive overtime pay for any hours worked over the specified 40 in a working week – but which US States workers are staying in the office after hours?
Customer service provider VoiceNation recently conducted a survey to investigate burnout in the U.S. workplace, the results revealed the employees who are going a step further in the workplace.
The national data revealed that:
- 56% of employees check emails after work hours
- 41% reported starting earlier than their contracted hours
- 40% confessed to working late.
How do US states compare to the national average of 40% of employees working late?
The data reveals the extent to which employees are working outside their contracted hours, raising concerns about workplace burnout.
Massachusetts and Maryland reported that 51% are working later than their contracted hours. North Carolina (46%), Ohio (45%), New York (43%), Illinois (43%) also ranked high.
| State | I work later than my contracted hours |
| Massachusetts | 51% |
| Maryland | 51% |
| North Carolina | 46% |
| Ohio | 45% |
| New York | 43% |
| Illinois | 43% |
| Pennsylvania | 43% |
| Georgia | 43% |
| Tennessee | 42% |
| New Jersey | 41% |
The data found that Gen Z is among the least likely to check their emails or work out of hours. While 52% reported that they would check emails out of hours; this is still lower than all age groups, with 55-65 ranking top with 59%.
76% of Massachusetts residents are checking emails after work hours, followed by California (65%) and Texas (62%).
| State | % saying they check emails after work hours |
| Massachusetts | 76% |
| California | 65% |
| Texas | 62% |
| Maryland | 59% |
| Illinois | 59% |
| North Carolina | 58% |
| Pennsylvania | 56% |
| Ohio | 53% |
| New Jersey | 53% |
| New York | 52% |
How to ensure your staff don’t suffer from burnout in the workplace
Taking these results into consideration, VoiceNation wanted to share how you can help deter burnout among staff in the workplace.
Ensure workloads are reasonable:
The survey revealed that 45% of employees who had suffered from burnout did so due to excessive workload. Constantly feeling like you have work to catch up on during the working day and outside of it, will inevitably lead to burnout. Ensure that fair workloads are distributed across all employees and have frequent check-ins and meetings with your staff to ensure they are feeling okay with their workload and their performance isn’t starting to slip.
Ask staff for feedback:
Everybody works differently, so what might not contribute to burnout for one employee, might for another. Present employees with the opportunity to provide feedback on how you can improve the workspace, workload or workflow to prevent burnout in the workplace.
Map out clear progression pathways:
For those who are looking to progress in their roles, a lack of clarity on how they can do that can lead to burnout, due to staff attempting to work outside their normal hours and take on more work than they can handle in order to ‘prove themselves’. The best way to avoid this is introducing clear progression pathways, that are part of company protocol and are referenced too in any employee reviews.
To see the full report, which also reveals the states and industries that struggle the most in their job roles please click here: https://voicenation.com/resources/the-most-burnt-out-states-in-america/
