Terri Washington

Pre-Assessment

Have you ever felt overwhelmed at work to the point you just want to drop everything and walk away?

If you have, you are not alone. These feelings of frustration may be a sign of employee burnout. To understand what burnout is, let's first take a quick assessment to see if you may be experiencing burnout.

For this exercise, you will need a piece of paper and a pencil or pen to total the score of your responses.

On a scale of 1 through 5 rate the following 10 questions:

1 = Not at all 2 = Rarely 3 = Sometimes 4 = Often 5 = All the time

You feel physically and/or emotionally exhausted at work.
You have negative thoughts about your job.
You feel less sympathetic towards others or are hard on your peers.
You are easily irritated by small problems or by people needing help.
You feel misunderstood or unappreciated by your superiors or peers.
You struggle to get started at work.
You frustrated with certain aspects of your job.
You feel overwhelmed with the amount of work you need to do.
You do not have time for family and friends.
Your quality of work is not at its best.

Add up your total score and look below for your possible outcome.

Score 10-13 - Honeymoon Stage: No sign of burnout here.
Score 13-19 - Stress Onset Stage: Little sign of burnout here, unless some factors are particularly severe.
Score 19-28 - Chronic Stress Stage: Be careful – you may be at risk of burnout, particularly if several scores are high.
Score 29-37 - Burnout Stage: You are at severe risk of burnout.
Score 38-50 - Habitual Burnout Stage: You are at very severe risk of burnout.

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