Occupational burnout: in Poland, every fourth person struggles with it. This is a European record.

More and more Poles are struggling with professional burnout - every fourth person experiences this on a daily basis. The data shows that 72% of men and 51% of women believe that their duties are not consistent with their skills and professional aspirations. The solution may be retraining with the help of artificial intelligence.

Occupational burnout: in Poland, every fourth person struggles with it. This is a European record.
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Summary

  • A study by Jobbli found that 55.5% of respondents believe the main cause of burnout is a lack of understanding from superiors and the team.
  • Other causes of burnout include monotonous duties (47%), lack of development opportunities (43.5%), and personal problems (37%).
  • 61.5% of respondents experience feelings of professional burnout, with women (24%) more likely than men (9%) to attribute burnout to a lack of job satisfaction.
  • 72% of male respondents admit their burnout results from a mismatch of the industry to their competencies, affecting their development opportunities. This is also the case for 51% of female respondents.
  • Young people at the beginning of their careers are often not satisfied with their professional duties, with 62% of respondents aged 22 to 26 expressing dissatisfaction.
  • However, satisfaction increases among those aged 26-29, with 62% feeling satisfied. This decreases again in older age groups, with 85.7% of respondents aged 50-59 feeling their professional duties do not reflect their competencies or desires.

According to the latest study conducted by Jobbli, 55.5% of respondents mentioned that the main cause of burnout is a lack of understanding from superiors and the team. 47% of respondents pointed to monotonous duties, 43.5% to a lack of development opportunities, and 37% to personal problems. 

Poland affected by professional burnout

61.5% of respondents experience feelings of professional burnout. Women (24%) in contrast to men (9%) much more often argue that burnout is due to a lack of job satisfaction. On the other hand, a large group of male respondents, as many as 72%, admit that their burnout results from a mismatch of the industry to their competencies, which affects the lack of development opportunities. Among women, this percentage is lower, but still significant - it is 51%.

"Looking at the distribution of responses by age, we see that young people at the beginning of their careers are often not satisfied with their professional duties" - comments Alicja Marchewka, CEO of Jobbli.

"Among respondents aged 22 to 26, this is as much as 62%. Among those aged 26-29, this proportion is reversed and the number of satisfied people increases to 62%. However, with age, the feeling of job matching to competencies and needs decreases again. In the group of respondents aged 50-59, as many as 85.7% believe that their professional duties do not reflect their competencies or what they would like to do. This can be explained by the slowdown in professional development over the years, routine and professional burnout" - she adds.