64 percent Poles experienced burnout. “Employers underestimate the scale of this phenomenon”

64 percent surveyed Poles believe that they have experienced burnout – according to the study of prof. Dominika Maison University of Warsaw. He claims 85 percent women and 76 percent men.

The presented report shows that 8 out of 10 Poles believe that professional burning is a serious problem imposing negatively to the labor market and the efficiency of companies. Women (85 %) than men (76 percent) and young people (43 %) say much more often. At the same time, 89 percent respondents believe that employers underestimate the scale of this phenomenon, and only 11 percent. He claims that companies see this problem and try to counteract.

“The high percentage of Poles declaring burnout shows that this is not only individual experience, but a common phenomenon, with a clear social dimension and is a consequence system dysfunction in work culture, such as excessive burden, lack of support from superiors or insufficient sense of meaning in the tasks” – assessed, cited in the publication, Prof. Dominika Maison.

She noticed that younger people more often complain about burn -out symptoms, while in a group over 55, the most are people who have never experienced him. “This may suggest a different attitude towards work: on the one hand, growing expectations for employers – also in terms of concern for employees' welfare – and, on the other hand, a change in the importance of work in the life of the individual, manifested, among others, by a stronger pursuit of maintaining a balance between professional and private life (Work -Life Balance),” she explained.

The symptoms of burnout most often indicated by respondents are:

• chronic fatigue and lack of energy (70 percent felt them),
• No motivation to work (63 percent)
• loss of sense of the work performed (47 percent).

According to the study, this condition is not a temporary crisis, but a long -term experience, reflecting on health and private life: approx. 31 percent. stated that this state lasted up to half a year, au 36 percent. longer than a year.

The report also indicates that Vocational burnout is more often declared by people with higher education (68 %). However, in a group with primary education, most people (45 percent) claim that they do not experience and have never experienced burnout.

Two -thirds of Poles (66 percent) believe that professional burn should be treated as a disease and undergoing treatment and sick leave.

According to the definition of the World Health Organization (WHO), professional burnout is a syndrome resulting from chronic stress in the workplace.

The study was conducted on September 5-8 this year. On the nationwide research panel of Ariadna on a sample of 1138 people from 18 years of age. (PAP)

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