Employee burnout can be prevented, but not by employees alone. That does not mean that burnout is inevitable.
As long as people have been working, people have been burned out. However, the 2008 housing crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have merely exacerbated existing workplace issues. With many media outlets deeming the current job market the “ Great Resignation ,” it would be tempting to think of burnout as a new challenge based on everything we have gone through in the last few years.