Early on in the pandemic the rates of burnout experienced were severely high, with a lack of support systems in place and adjusting to new ways of working and living making life difficult for many people. But even as the emergency phase of the pandemic is over in many countries with restrictions and safety precautions eased, many people are still experiencing high levels of burnout and fatigue.

In the US 43% of office workers “feel burned out at work” according to a quarterly survey by Slack’s Future Forum, and Gallup's analysis of employee burnout has found that 28% of US employees say they feel burnt out at work very often or always. Data from Glassdoor also shows that mentions of burnout are up more than 40% this year, compared with 2019, and at least 4 million Americans have quit their jobs every month since July 2021.

As around 30% of workers surveyed struggled to complete unmanageable workloads and 27% reported feeling less loyal to their employers as a result, burnout and workplace fatigue are continuing to rise. With conversations around new ways of working at the forefront of many people's collective consciousness, providing spaces for support and open dialogue between employers and employees may be one solution in helping to decrease workplace burnout.