Burnout is a kind of job depression caused by feeling powerless – uncontrollability. Sometimes it is the way the person looks at situation to create “victimhood” – but more often it is the structure of the organization – often a government or non-profit agency. Additionally, the category of clients make certain jobs high burnout potential. Job working with people have high burnout potential. When those people have serious problems, like drug abuse or disability and the worker has a large case load and small budget, then the burnout potential is extreme.

For the symptons of burnout see: http://www.docpotter.com/bo_symptoms.html. Generally they are similar to those of depression.

Are YOU burning out? Is YOUR staff burning out? Do you know the burnout potential of YOUR job? Find out. Copyrighted burnout quizzes at
http://www.beatjobburnout.com/index.html