Increase Productivity To Help Reduce Burnout and Quiet Cracking

Burnout is a common risk for anyone whose amount of job responsibility begins to exceed the feelings of reward or satisfaction derived from the work being done. Those who venture into a new business on their own are expected to take on many (or all) of the work and the revenue-driving roles. Overburdening one person with all the business demands can eventually lead to burnout due to a poor work-life balance, long hours, little time off, social isolation, and overall exhaustion.  Those companies that employ many people have a lot of tasks delegated and shared, but the employees are subject to burnout there, as well, due to job-related stress, insufficient compensation, and job tasks that are perceived as monotonous, unengaging, or unrewarding. Many people start to feel the onset of burnout due to the perception that they are not actually progressing in their career and that the job tasks required of them are not forward-moving.

Burnout, stress, and ‘quiet cracking’ on the rise

Many American workers have become less engaged with their jobs over the last few years, particularly those workers who perceive that their career advancement has stalled or is nonexistent. Workers struggling with low engagement at work burn out quickly when their career growth seems fake. For example, according to recent articles on the topic of worker engagement, 65 % of workers in finance survey reported experiencing ‘ghost growth,’ whereby they felt their careers had either plateaued or only appeared to be growing in superficial ways. Many people who experience feelings of fake career growth and burnout consider quitting.

Workplace stress

When addressing the types of professional burnout and workplace stress experienced by employees, the recommendations vary widely and they often depend on the specific causes for the stress to begin with. Widespread studies have surveyed thousands of workers in attempt to understand what drives the lack of engagement felt so commonly. In many cases, low compensation and infrequent raises are the source of the problem; in other cases, it may be a perceived lack of promotions or other advancement opportunities; in other still, feelings of being bogged down with tedious, routine work that leaves little room for advancement, growth, or challenge. Making the office environment more productive and efficient may help alleviate some of the frustrations workers have with tedious office tasks, and it can also free up their time for more rewarding and productive projects. Automating tools can be adopted affordably to help reduce workplace stress and burnout. Some bookkeeping and administrative tasks that automating tools can assist with to take some of the work of people’s desks include:

· Sending invoices

· Tracking expenses

· Recording incoming payments

· Updating accounts

· Scanning and storing receipts

· Facilitating customer support

· Scheduling appointments

· Running payroll

· Issuing payments to vendors

· Running financial reports

· Creating budgets

· Sending email marketing material

Automating tools can help:

· Increase efficiency

· Improve accuracy

· Free up people’s time for more engaging work

· Reduce busywork

Automating tools can execute tasks in a fraction of the time it takes people to do it, and they are often more accurate because they are less vulnerable to mistakes of miscalculation, typographical error, omission, duplication, and transposition. They enable tasks to be done with greater efficiency, taking up less human-resource time, leaving more time and energy for more complex tasks that require human engagement.

Automating tools help reduce the amount of work that can be perceived as ‘busywork’ by employees so that they can focus their energy and creativity on more challenging pursuits. Small business owners—especially those who take on a lot of work solo—appreciate the time and energy freed up because they need all their resources to acquire customers, drive revenue, and promote the business.

Checkeeper works with what you already have

Checkeeper is an ideal software service tool to add to other automating tools for bookkeeping, accounting, payroll, and payment processing. Checkeeper is budget-friendly, working with the equipment you already use, the check stock you prefer, and the other software services you use for accounting and payroll. Checkeeper works with any mobile device you work and travel with, allowing users to access their check-printing accounts from anywhere to print checks, order checks printed and mailed, or run reports.