So who is burnt out anyway?

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I decided to look up studies of burnout to see what research has been done so far on how many people are feeling burnout. Spoiler alert: A lot of people are currently feeling burnt out.

Gallup has one of the bigger studies, with nearly 7500 full-time employees as participants.

Findings: "23% of employees reported feeling burned out at work very often or always, while an additional 44% reported feeling burned out sometimes. That means about two-thirds of full-time workers experience burnout on the job."

Gallup also looked at generational differences as part of this survey. 

Findings: "28% of millennials claimed feeling frequent or constant burnout at work, compared with 21% of workers in older generations. An additional 45% of millennial workers say they sometimes feel burned out at work, suggesting that about seven in 10 millennials are experiencing some level of burnout on the job."

This study from Maslach and Leiter looks at recent burnout research in psychiatry.

Findings: "The rate of burnout among those employed in the health care field tends to be reported in the moderate to high levels, and it is generally believed that the burnout risk in health care is higher than in the general working population. Some studies have raised the possibility that psychiatrists show an even more negative risk profile for burnout than do other health care employees. For example, one study found that 89% of psychiatrists had either thought about or experienced a clear threat of severe burnout."

Blind conducted a simple survey of workers in tech.

Findings: "More than half (57.16%, to be exact) of tech employees surveyed said they were feeling burnt out by their jobs."

Teach100 conducted a survey of teachers.

Findings: "100% of Teach100 Mentor survey participants said that they had either experienced burnout themselves or witnessed a colleague struggling with burnout."

Know of any other studies? Email me.