One in eight employees feel burned out by their job, according to a survey released on December 6 by the China Human Resources Development Network.

The survey found 70% of participants felt slightly burned out, 39.2% seriously and 13% extremely. Burnout is defined by a loss of desire to work and a feeling of being trapped in a no-win situation. No one is immune. Any person, in any profession, at any level, can become a victim of job burnout.

The survey found:

37.2% of male participants and 41.4% of female participants feel they are suffering from some form of burnout.

Participants with a bachelor's degree are more likely to feel burned out: 68.8 percent, while master's graduates numbered 35.76%

People with less then four years' work experience have more access to job burnout.

46.4% of officials feel they are suffering some form of burnout, higher than those who worked in state companies and multinationals.

Regionally speaking, Tianjin topped the burnout index (48.48%).

The higher the position, the less the burnout. Only 26.1% of high-level managers felt burned out, compared to 48.2% of ordinary employees.

Luo Danping, chief editor of the Network, said 76.6% of the people who felt burned out complained that what they have got out of their work did not equal what they had put in in terms of physical and emotional commitment.

"Therefore, some companies should set up a management system to make staff love their job and feel excited about their carers," he said.

Survey information

The survey was conducted by a research group of the China Human Resources Development Network and Sina network, based on an online questionnaire involving 4,000 people in 12 Chinese cities.

Source: China Daily