6 Out of 10 Workers Feel Exhausted: Survey
By Ryu Jin
Staff Reporter
Are you feeling tired and rundown at work? Well, don’t worry. New studies show that such ailments seem to be the norm among office workers. Six out of every 10 workers often feel exhausted and want to stop for a breather, according to a survey Tuesday.
According to Incruit, a leading human resources and recruitment firm based in Seoul, 63.1 percent of a total of 1,035 salaried men that responded to the opinion survey said that they often felt the need to rest and recharge their batteries.
Nearly half of the 653 respondents who expressed feelings of tiredness answered that they were considering quitting, reflecting the high turnover rate among young people.
Such tendency was found to be more common among women (67.9 percent) than men (58.1 percent) and affected those in their 20s and 30s more than those in their 40s and 50s, according to the survey.
As for reasons for the break, some 31.2 percent said that they needed time to redesign their lives, while 28 percent answered that they wanted to start afresh with a new lease on life.
Some 22.4 percent said that they felt exhausted and hoped to enhance their employment qualifications, while another 17.6 percent said that they wanted to try a new field of work altogether.
Many of them, however, had no concrete plans should they resign. Only 28.8 percent said they would spend time acquiring skills for future advancement.
``Taking a break is essential for contemporary workers,’’ Lee Gwang-seok, president of Incruit, said. ``But those who consider a break should take the final decision cautiously since, without concrete plans, it could end up a waste of time.’’