Are you feeling overwhelmed and undervalued at work?
I have recently had clients come to me who are feeling overwhelmed and undervalued at work.
Instead of doing something about it they just kept on going and working even harder because they thought that they were the problem and not the workplace. This led to them having a very low self-esteem and eventually resulted in a burnout.
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed and undervalued at work, know that you’re not alone. The modern workplace can be demanding, and it’s easy to become swamped with responsibilities and to feel like your efforts go unnoticed.
Are you still on the fence about remote work, secretly convinced that your direct reports, colleagues and even your boss are faffing about at home, getting in a workout or even off on a cheeky unofficial holiday while still on the clock? Or maybe it’s you who’s feeling the pressure to stuff your calendar full of meetings, maintain a neverending to-do list and constantly remind your manager how busy you are.
From quiet quitting to coffee-badging and quiet vacationing, this year’s work trends popularised by TikTok have become misunderstood to stereotype Gen Z workers as lazy, entitled or stubbornly unwilling to work hard. And the newest term to describe modern workers echoes the same misconception.
It’s called fauxductivity.
What is faux- ductivity?
Fauxductivity means fake productivity, referring to workers who feign or exaggerate how much work they’re getting done during the workday, without actually contributing value.