Laywer Burnout
Burnout quiz
Do you feel drained, run down and uninterested in life? You could be burning out. Burnout happens when you’re mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted. Work, study, hobbies or relationships you used to love don’t interest you anymore.
Burning out at work can also affect your health. You might get sick more often or have changed eating and sleeping patterns. Complete the quiz to help you reflect and identify if you’re at risk of burning out.
Laywer Burnout
Burnout quiz
Do you feel drained, run down and uninterested in life? You could be burning out. Burnout happens when you’re mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted. Work, study, hobbies or relationships you used to love don’t interest you anymore.
Burning out at work can also affect your health. You might get sick more often or have changed eating and sleeping patterns. Complete the quiz to help you reflect and identify if you’re at risk of burning out.
What the studies show
Bloomberg Law (2023) Attorney Workload and Hours Survey Analysis
Question:
How would you rate your job satisfaction over the first half of 2023?
Survey respondents in Q4 reported that they felt burnout in their jobs 52% of the time—a notable increase from the past two quarters, when the percentage of time reported was 44% in Q3 and 47% in Q2. This was the first time since the survey’s inception in 2020 that the percentage of time attorneys reported feeling burnt out has topped more than fifty percent.
Attorneys also were asked how their overall well-being has changed in the fourth quarter, and not surprisingly, there was a notable increase in the number of respondents who reported that their well-being slightly or significantly worsened. Nearly half (46%) of survey respondents reported that their well-being worsened this quarter, compared with only 34% in Q3 and 30% in Q2.
Question:
Which of the following personal challenges did you face in the first half of 2023?
Disrupted sleep, anxiety, issues in personal relationships, depression, and physical health issues continued to be the responses most frequently selected by survey respondents when asked about the work-related issues they experienced in Q4.
Question:
Which of these challenges due to work related issues did you experience in H1?
Moreover, the attorneys whose well-being worsened in the fourth quarter reported notably higher incidences of these issues as well as a higher incidence of drug and alcohol abuse.
