We’re all at risk of burnout: Ask yourself these four questions to see if you should make a change
It’s normal to feel stressed at work from time to time, but for some people, the stress becomes all-consuming. This is known as burnout.
By Michael Musker, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
It’s normal to feel stressed at work from time to time. But for some people, the stress becomes all-consuming, leading to exhaustion, cynicism and hatred towards your job. This is known as burnout.
Burnout used to be classified as a problem related to life management, but last week the World Health Organisation re-labelled the syndrome as an “occupational phenomenon” to better reflect that burnout is a work-based syndrome caused by chronic stress.
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