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Overcoming an Overworked, Stressed and Burned Out Environment

4 September 2026

Overcoming an Overworked, Stressed and Burned Out Environment

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Our latest webinar revealed the blurred the lines between work and home life leading to overworked, stressed, and burned out individuals.

For many ‘home’ has morphed into an office, a sports hall, and a school as we engage in social distancing. This with the added time we are given by cutting out the daily commute can make us feel like we should have more time to achieve, to be available to others, and get work done.
Of course, this is not always the case.


How can we avoid these negative feelings of being overworked as employees?


Set realistic routines

Just because your commute time has been taken off, doesn’t necessary mean you need to be logged in an hour before you start. Try to give yourself a realistic routine on a workday. Giving yourself regular breaks (set 30-minute timers if it helps) and always remember to take your lunch break. This will give you time to switch off and come back to your desk with a clear mind, ultimately increasing your productivity.


Change up your work environment

If you have the space and facilities, changing up your workstation location could help you stay engaged and focused with your work, which can prevent feelings of stress associated with being distracted.


Share your workload

Just like you would if you were in the office, use systems like Microsoft Teams and Slack to share and review your work with your team. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and alone, but software like this allows for easy collaboration whilst we work remotely. 


Communicate with your manager

Depending on your circumstances, talk to your manager to ensure your workload is manageable for you. This is particularly important if you are caring for another family member or have the added responsibility of home-schooling your children. They should be made aware so that they can effectively support you and understand what they can expect.

How can we help our employees avoid these feelings of being overworked as managers, leaders, or employers?

Unlike working from home under normal circumstances – where it was possible to set up an office in a local coffee shop or have the freedom to go out for lunch as a break – it’s important to appreciate this is a completely new way of working, even for your employees who would usually work from home.

It is important to regularly communicate with your team, particularly those who are more introverted as they are vulnerable to being overworked and thus burnout. 


Our upcoming and past webinars may be useful at providing employer support on managing employee wellbeing during this time:


Webinar | Supporting Employee Emotional Health


Webinar | The Power of Emotional Intelligence in a Remote Working Environment

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THE ONE GROUP

Where we're from,
and how we got here

Twenty years of specialist recruitment in the East – and a lot of small decisions that added up.

TOG started in Peterborough in 2004 with a small team and a simple idea: that recruitment is a people business, done best by specialists who stay in their sector long enough to know it properly.

More than two decades on, we've grown into four offices across the East of England and Home Counties. We recruit for finance leaders, HR directors, engineering managers, tech founders, scientists, and the commercial teams that keep businesses running day to day. Between us, we've built up over 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of more than 150,000 candidates we've placed, coached, or come to know across two decades in the region.

The founding principle hasn't changed. Recruitment as it should be.

OUR STORY

Key events timeline

2004

Doors open in Peterborough.

Our first office launches with a team of six on Lynch Wood. Cambridge follows the same year, giving us two offices before our first anniversary.

2015

Northampton makes it three.

Our third office opens with a team of five, quickly growing to eleven consultants covering the wider Midlands region.

2017

Peterborough moves across the road.

The team has outgrown the founding office. We move into Arena House on Lynch Wood, big enough for a growing consultant base and the back-office team that supports the whole group.

2018

Cambridge moves too.

Our second office relocates to Cambourne Business Park, giving the growing Cambridge team the space it now needs.

2023

Four offices, three counties, one very good year.

The Hertfordshire & Essex office opens in Potters Bar, extending our footprint into the Home Counties.

In the same year, we're named Business of the Year in Northamptonshire, and Employer of the Year in both Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire at the regional SME Business Awards. Three counties, three panels.

TODAY

Still growing.

Four offices, more than 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of over 150,000 candidates.

Same founding principle.

SPECIALISTS BY DESIGN

What we do

We're specialists, not generalists. Every consultant at TOG focuses on one sector and stays in it. Not because it's the only way to do recruitment, but because it's how you build the depth to spot the difference between a strong CV and a strong hire.

It's also why so many of our clients come back to us years, even decades, after a first placement.

01
Accountancy & Finance
→
 02
Human Resources
→
 03
Commercial Office
Administration, customer service, project management and more
→
 04
Technology
→
 05
Engineering & Manufacturing
→
 06
Scientific
→
 07
Sales, Marketing & Creative
→
 08
Executive Search
Across all of the above
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Beyond the recruitment itself, we produce annual salary guides, regional market reports, and the practical resources our clients and candidates turn to when they want a clearer view of what's happening in their sector.

THE WAY WE WORK

How we work

Four principles show up in every conversation and every process.
01

Be curious.

We stay interested in the market we work in, and in the people who work in it.

02

Keep it human.

We remember your kids' names and know how you take your coffee. That's just how we work here.

03

Make a difference.

We're here to help people build careers they love and businesses they're proud of.

04

Enjoy the ride.

Recruitment is a career, but it should be fun too. If it isn't, we've done something wrong.

WHAT COMES NEXT?

Recruitment
as it should be.

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