A colleague of mine recently worked at a leading hi-tech company in Israel. I noticed that he became closed in on himself and his face fell. He told me that he works 15 hours a day, his managers send him emails on the weekend and he is required to be available. The pace of work and the continuous load to which he was exposed began to affect him negatively, he became withdrawn and his family members noticed that his mood was low and he became withdrawn within himself. These are clear wear marks.
He recently started looking for a job. It turns out that the company is notorious for its high employee turnover rate and its corporate culture that encourages its managers to work on a 24×7 basis. The paradox is that the company is included in Demarker’s list of the 100 most worthwhile companies to work for partly because of the “good” working conditions.
According to the Geocartography Institute that conducted a study for the Circles Foundation, in Israel over 40 percent of employees reported burnout at work and this was measured before the Corona epidemic.