職場倦怠的隱性代價
The Hidden Cost of Workplace Burnout
難度：進階
來源：NPR
Workplace burnout has reached epidemic proportions, costing businesses billions in lost productivity and healthcare expenses. Beyond the financial toll, chronic exhaustion is damaging employee health, relationships, and quality of life. Organizations are finally recognizing that burnout is not an individual failure but a systemic problem.
職場倦怠已經達到流行病的程度，導致企業在生產力損失和醫療費用方面損失數十億。除了經濟損失之外，慢性疲勞正在損害員工的健康、人際關係和生活質量。組織終於認識到，倦怠不是個人的失敗，而是一個系統性問題。
The symptoms of burnout extend far beyond tiredness. Affected workers experience emotional detachment, reduced performance, and physical ailments including headaches, insomnia, and weakened immunity. Mental health consequences can include depression and anxiety that persist long after leaving a toxic work environment.
倦怠的症狀遠不止疲勞。受影響的員工會經歷情感疏離、績效下降，以及包括頭痛、失眠和免疫力下降在內的身體疾病。心理健康後果可能包括抑鬱和焦慮，這些症狀在離開有毒的工作環境後仍會持續很長時間。
Several factors contribute to widespread burnout. Always-on digital culture blurs boundaries between work and personal time. Understaffing forces remaining employees to absorb impossible workloads. Lack of autonomy and recognition leaves workers feeling undervalued and powerless.
幾個因素導致了普遍的倦怠。始終線上的數字文化模糊了工作和個人時間之間的界限。人手不足迫使剩餘員工承擔不可能完成的工作量。缺乏自主權和認可讓員工感到被低估和無能為力。
Progressive companies are implementing structural solutions rather than superficial perks. Realistic workload distribution, genuine flexibility, and cultures that discourage after-hours communication prove more effective than wellness apps or free snacks. Leadership modeling healthy boundaries sends powerful messages throughout organizations.
進步的公司正在實施結構性解決方案，而不是表面的福利。合理的工作量分配、真正的靈活性以及不鼓勵下班後溝通的文化被證明比健康應用程式或免費零食更有效。領導層以身作則設定健康的邊界，向整個組織傳遞強有力的資訊。
The cost of ignoring burnout far exceeds the investment required to prevent it. Companies that prioritize employee wellbeing report lower turnover, higher engagement, and better business outcomes. As competition for talent intensifies, sustainable work practices are becoming a competitive advantage rather than a luxury.
忽視倦怠的成本遠遠超過預防所需的投資。優先考慮員工福祉的公司報告說離職率更低、敬業度更高、業務成果更好。隨著人才競爭加劇，可持續的工作實踐正在成為一種競爭優勢，而不是奢侈品。
重點詞彙
- epidemic proportions (n.phr.)：流行病的程度
- financial toll (n.phr.)：經濟損失
- chronic exhaustion (n.phr.)：慢性疲勞
- systemic problem (n.phr.)：系統性問題
- emotional detachment (n.phr.)：情感疏離
- physical ailments (n.phr.)：身體疾病
- weakened immunity (n.phr.)：免疫力下降
- toxic work environment (n.phr.)：有毒的工作環境
- always-on digital culture (n.phr.)：始終線上的數字文化
- understaffing (n.)：人手不足
- structural solutions (n.phr.)：結構性解決方案
- superficial perks (n.phr.)：表面的福利
- modeling healthy boundaries (phr.)：以身作則設定健康的邊界
- competitive advantage (n.phr.)：競爭優勢