Ambtenaren hervallen massaal in burn-out en depressie: ruim 72 procent binnen de vier jaar

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  1. Bore-out waarschijnlijk door de te lage werkdruk.

    Edit voor de haters: ik weet waarover ik spreek. Als je 10 gemiddelde ambtenaren neemt doen ze het werk wat in de privé door 5 a 7 man gedaan wordt. Ik ken ex-ambtenaren en mensen die er noiw mee samenwerk(t)en en hoor het genoeg in de verhalen.

  2. Dit is waarom ik persoonlijk niet geloof in lang thuiszitten door burn-out om dan terug te komen naar dezelfde job. Als je dan na een (half) jaar terugkomt naar diezelfde dossiers, diezelfde werk-inhoud als het ware, is het heel moeilijk om niet in datzelfde patroon te hervallen.

  3. As someone currently going through a burn-out, I can totally see it.

    My employer has gone above and beyond to help me recover, give me time to heal. The same can be said about my wife and my doctor.

    After 3 months, I started working 1 day/week (and in a lot of jobs this is not an option).
    Another 3 months later, I started working 2 days/week.
    Another 4 months later, it became 3 days/week.

    I am currently at 1 year and 10 months in my healing process and still at 3 days/week. I have no medical imagery that shows where the burnout is.

    We can financially manage it, but we don’t have children.
    The reality of things is that a lot of people just do *not* get the time or resources to fully recover from a burnout *and* (more importantly) sufficiently learn about and work on the causes that led to the burnout in the first place.

    So yeah, a lot of people just start working again out of sheer necessity. Being sick for a long period of time just is *not* feasable in today’s society.

    That and our mutualities are *really* not trained to handle people with burnouts. One of the first hurdles I had to cross during my recovery was acknowledging and accepting that what I was/am experiencing is real and serious.
    Insert appointments with mutuality doctor where I’m being told things like:

    * Don’t you think you’re kinda young for a burbout?
    * You know you can’t stay sick and get money from us forever, right?
    * The average recovery for burnout is 5-7 months. You’re approaching 19. Don’t you think you’re taking too long?

    When someone’s whole *fucking* problem stems from the fact that they feel like they’re not trying hard enough despite their body literally shutting down from trying too hard; those are the last questions you’d want to ask that person.
    I can confidently say that that clown has added at least 4 months to my recovery. I don’t wish a burnout on my worst enemy, but by god would I like this women to feel what I feel for a week. I’d like to have a chat with her after that.

  4. For a second there I thought the title said that 72% of all ambtenaren had a burnout within four years 😮

  5. Burnouts in Belgium be like:

    Employee: “i like chocolate cake yummy”

    Employer: “OK HERE YOU HAVE TO EAT 30 CHOCOLATE CAKES A DAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE”

    Employee: “i do not like the cake anymore :(”

    Employer: “BUT YOU SAID YOU LIKE CAKE. I’M SUCH A GOOD EMPLOYER I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYONE GETS BURNOUT”

  6. Precies… Oke, het malfuntioneren van het overheidsapparaat is frustrerend, zelfs als ge er niet in zit, maar burn-out is imo toch iets van een ander caliber

  7. I have no statistics to back this up, but i bet being bored-out is cause of the problem as well. All of the ambtenaren i know personally have a very chill job in general with lots of time intervals where there is just nothing to do besides sitting before your desk. And on busier, the work is mostly on the repetitive side.

    When we suggest finding another job , they won’t.. Because they know they won’t have as much benefits (lots of vacation days, all kinds of premies, good pension, being tenured / vastbenoemd…).

    PS: the ambtenaren i speak of are ambtenaren with a office deskjob , not teachers etc…

  8. Dat krijg je als je veel verdiend om niets te doen. Of zou hun loon te vaak geïndexeerd worden? Mmmmm, moeilijk.

  9. Werk in deze omgeving. Paar weken geleden een collega (die ik niet ken) wenend een vergadering uitgekomen en letterlijk anderhalf uur haar verhaal over haar uiteengevallen huwelijk, eerdere gefaalde jobervaringen en toxische werkomgeving gedaan.

    Topambtenaren zijn relatief vaak onaangenaam en enorm astrant, in mijn beperkte ervaring. De managers zijn echter stuk voor stuk enorm empathische mensen-mensen. Zeer aangename ervaringen.

  10. Dus de huidige ‘behandeling’ van burn-out werkt dus niet. Benieuwd wat ze gaan veranderen.

  11. After being out for 5 months, in psychiatric care for my depression, Stad Antwerpen just decided to fire me, so I’m not a part of these numbers guys!!

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