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Heavy workloads are weighing down employees. Bosses need to let them speak up, sound out, and offer them practical solutions.
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Out of 1,000 Singapore employees from various industries, 47 per cent felt mentally or physically exhausted at the end of the workday and struggled to find motivation.
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Jasmine Liew Chia Wei
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Alan, a mid-40s business development manager, is feeling overworked. He says that nowadays, everyone is “being multi-loaded and having to multitask – doing more than one person’s job”.
Perhaps you identify with Alan. You find yourself going to the office lacking energy, drive and motivation. You just wait for the day to pass.
