A new survey on employees’ well-being has revealed that India topped the rank in workplace burnout. According to the McKinsey Health Institute’s 2023 survey, “India respondents reported the highest rates of burnout symptoms at almost 60%”.
Younger workers aged 18 to 24, employees from smaller companies, and all workers who are nonmanagers reported higher burnout.
Cameroon, a country in Central Africa reported the lowest rates of burnout symptoms at workplaces at 9%. The global average of burnout was 20% but cognitive, exhaustion, and emotional impairment varied.
Indian employees reported the highest level of workplace exhaustion at 62%, followed by Japan (61%). Switzerland reported the least level of workplace exhaustion at 22%.
The report has come days after Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy stirred a controversy on social media when he said young people should work 70 hours a week to level up the country’s productivity. While some business tycoons defended his remark, other lambasted for apparently promoting an “overwork culture
