Work overload can lead to physical and emotional exhaustion that leads to symptoms such as headaches, stomach complaints and difficulties sleeping. We can see the signs of work overload in people when they become inflexible, critical, irritable, and when they deny having a problem. Left to fester, they become cynical, tired, detached and prone to making errors and mental health starts to suffer. These are all signs of burnout.

Work underload is the extreme opposite of burnout yet its effects...