Surviving the heat at work; it's a recurring theme. Ideally, you would simply leave your work for what it is with these temperatures and sit on the beach. But the work has to be done anyway and you don't have many days off. Then get on with it. If you find the heat at your workplace unbearable, can you actually just decide to work from home? Or in another place? First of all, it really matters what kind of work you do. If you have a job in healthcare, construction or if you work with certain equipment, then working elsewhere will of course be a difficult story. But if you have work that you can do from anywhere, it is often up to you and your employer to make mutual agreements about working from home. Your employment contract may contain agreements about work locations and working from home. In principle, what it says there is binding and you have to stick to what you and your employer have agreed upon. But if the work...
The survey, which was conducted among 1,123 employees of various companies, showed that the loss of a loved one is the number one cause of absenteeism due to personal problems. In addition, it concerns, for example, informal care, financial problems, divorces/broken relationships and the combination of work and family. It is not always fair to tell the reason for the absenteeism, which in 15% of cases lasts longer than a month.
To pay more attention to the consequences of private problems in the workplace, Zorg van de Zaak launched the campaign 'Do you know what's going on?' started. In doing so, the organization wants to make employers aware of the usefulness and necessity of discussing what is going on with employees privately. But dealing with private problems is of course not only a matter for the employer. You as an employee also have a role in this.
What can YOU do?
It may be that work is a distraction for you if things are not going well at home. Research by the Chinese organizational psychologist Danyang Du has shown that work helps some people move their minds. They are less in their heads and can more easily park their grief. But this is only the case if you actually flourish from your work.
If you notice that this does not apply to you, you can sit and wait until your employer asks you how you are doing. Your manager must see or notice that something is wrong… But this is not always the case, so it is important to take responsibility yourself if your work suffers from your private problems.
Five tips for dealing with private problems in the workplace
How can you deal with things that affect your work in your private life? Five tips:
1. Play open card
This is probably not easy and requires a bit of vulnerability, but you will find that sharing your problems is already an important step in dealing with your situation in the workplace. You don't have to tell all the details, of course, but only by being open and honest about what's going on and how you feel can you create understanding with your employer.
2. Think about how it affects your work
Before the interview, it is useful to map out for yourself how the situation at home affects your work. Can you concentrate less and are there risks involved, for example because you can make mistakes? Do you postpone certain activities? Do you avoid (social) situations? Or do you flee into your work so that you offer yourself too little space to process tensions?
3. Come up with solutions to deal with your situation in the workplace
Also think in advance what could help you in dealing with your problems in the workplace. Shorten your days, work flexible hours or work from home? Are there certain tasks that are difficult for you now and others that you can tackle more easily? Can colleagues support you in something? In short: what do you need so that you can still pick up (part of) your work?
4. Use your powers and unique qualities
What usually makes you happy at work? Where do you get your energy from? What do you think is your strength, apart from performing your work? What do you add in terms of characteristics in the workplace; humor, a critical eye, creating connections between colleagues.... If you find it difficult to focus on your work, see what else you can do with your skills. This way you make your work - separate from your daily activities - more meaningful.
5. Ask your environment for support
The same goes for this: don't expect people to come to you on their own. Ask friends or family if they can relieve you of certain things outside of work for you. Picking up the children from daycare, cooking for you once, or doing something else in the household, for example… That will also help you focus more on your work, because then you don't have to worry about everything around you. .
6. Get to grips with your problems
Be that as it may, in the end you are the one who has to deal with the tensions or problems and resolve or process them. No one else can do that for you. Of course you can get professional help if you think it is necessary. For example, by going to your GP, the company doctor or a coach. It may sound patronizing, but sitting back and waiting 'for it to resolve itself' never works.
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