I have an employee that says they are struggling with their workload and works into the evening. when Line manager spoke to them, they said the reason that they are struggling is that they are a perfectionist and has difficulty feeling that the work is perfect.
We have assessed the work load and it should be manageable and we feel their work needs to be refocused as it seems the employee gets involved in things that are not their project.
We have been working with them now for 2 months to help them out of the work late every day cycle but noting seems to be working to get the employee to slow down. we are starting to see high stress level, irritation towards other staff.
The employee has now told me that they feel uncomfortable with the meetings and that she is being blamed.
We have been approaching this very softly and from the perspective of welfare.
Can anyone give me any good advice on how to get an employee to improve their work life balance and stop working out of hours?
