Since the 1970’s, burnout has been a term used as a state that is, “characterized by emotional exhaustion, feelings of cynicism and reduced personal accomplishment”(Koutsimani et al., 2019). Burnout is commonly experienced by those in helping professions, like doctors, nurses, and teachers (Schaufeli et al., 2009). Some believe that burnout can be related to stress, some say burnout is the result of a bad employee-company fit (Maslach & Lieiter, 2005). Christina Maslach, the creator of the Maslach Burnout Inventory , has written countless articles about the topic of burnout and how to recover from it.

   Burnout is contributed to “mismatches” between an employer and employee. These issues are categorized into six different groups, workload, control, reward, community, fairness, and values (Maslach & Lieiter, 2005). This is what causes burnout, it’s levels of severity, and how ultimately you fix it.