3 Things: Occupational burnout edition

Research repeatedly shows that the prolonged pandemic and related shocks to the workforce have created a surge in workforce mental-health issues. They’re usually related to burnout caused by any number of things, such as the isolation of remote work, or the hardships of balancing work and life demands in new ways. Often, it’s overwork. Burnout and stress also can be related to worker concerns about workplace safety in the age of COVID-19, or employer mandates to go back to the workplace.

Whatever the cause, it’s a certainty that workplace anxiety and stress—PTSD—is at high levels. Here are three recent developments that help contextualize what’s happening now.