Russians are becoming more likely to burn out at work – Kommersant

45% of employers reported an increase in employee burnout in 2023. About this at HR forum, organized by the Kommersant Publishing House, said the operating director of the online psychotherapy service Yasno, Anna Nikulina, citing a study by Rabota.ru.” At the same time, burnout was the reason for voluntary resignations for every fourth employee.

“30% of company employees turn to a psychotherapist for the first time with the problem of burnout at work. This is an increase of almost 50% over the past nine months. The stressful events of 2022 have affected almost everyone. Anxiety levels increased greatly, and in order to survive a difficult psychological event, people often resorted to workaholism. After going back to work for such a long time, people began to burn out,” said Ms. Nikulina, voicing the results of the company’s own research.

The expert also added that 63% of Russian employers monitor the psychological health of employees, but only 18% of them invest in this area.

As before wrote to Kommersant”, more than 13 million people are currently experiencing professional burnout. Among them, most often there are men aged 35–44 years, citizens without higher education, employed in the field of public administration, finance, education, working at their current place of work for 7–10 years, qualified specialists with a low level of income.