Helping Friends In Work, Turns Out Can Overcome Burnout

Illustration of overcoming burnout at work (istockphoto/Ivan-balvan)

YOGYAKARTA A competitive workplace requires its employees to work and race to complete targets. According to Jaclyn Margolis, Ph.D. ofbudine Graziado Business School, only the 'cruel' people have succeeded in competing and adopting the 'good people who finished last' mindset.

Research shows that the way to achieve success is often wrong. Many people often work alone without providing mutual support. In fact, if you support each other, it will benefit the recipient and giver. It can even have a positive effect on other people and the work environment.

Launching Psychology Today, Friday, September 2, being kind in the form of generosity, support, and kindness can help the success of employees. Helping others, turns out to be beneficial for the rescuer. His mood will increase so that the level of fatigue decreases. In other words, 'good people' actually have the potential to reach the finish first.

A study published in the Academy of Management Journal in 2021, shows that when someone publicly supports someone else's idea, it will increase the status of the supporter and supported. The supporter or endorser is more than supporting other people's ideas but also promoting themselves. For those supported or, get the same benefits.

The above perspective suggests that people can gain status by helping others rather than trying to beat them. That is, supporting the idea of others is very helpful for the good of the group and each team.

In addition, supporting others also relieves fatigue. Burnout, defined as an apathy and cynical attitude towards someone's work so that it is emotionally cut off. Research shows that act of self-help with compassion towards others helps reduce their own fatigue. In other words, helping someone who is experiencing difficult times can help themselves get through difficult times.

Psychologists often point out that when we experience positive emotions, we tend to think more broadly and be open to new ideas. Therefore, giving a little praise or assistance to colleagues at work, fostering new joys and perspectives at work.