Job Burnout Test: 3 Warning Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore

Recent news about the tense situation at Manner Coffee—customer complaints, staff at breaking point—has brought the topic of job burnout into sharp focus.

But you don’t need to work in a café to experience the overwhelming stress, disengagement, and exhaustion that come with career burnout. Why does work, even for jobs we once liked, sometimes push us to the edge?

If these signs sound familiar, it might be time to pause and check in with yourself. Here are three major symptoms of job burnout, and what you can do about them.

1. Physical and Emotional Exhaustion

The first sign of burnout goes beyond “just being tired.” If the mere thought of work in the morning fills you with dread or anxiety, you may also notice irritability, emotional outbursts, or even physical symptoms like headaches, dizziness, stomach issues, chest tightness, or heart palpitations.

This overwhelming sense of depletion is your mind and body’s way of signaling: something isn’t right.

2. Growing Disconnection from Work

With burnout, you might feel emotionally detached from your job. Work loses all sense of meaning, passion, or motivation. Given an assignment, you respond with indifference—What does this have to do with me? Does it even matter if I do a good job? 

This kind of distance can turn every day into a monotonous drag, where nothing you do seems to make a real difference.

3. Declining Sense of Value or Achievement

Finally, burnout dries up any satisfaction you once felt from your work.

If your salary isn’t meeting expectations, achievements go unacknowledged, and tasks feel increasingly mundane, even completing your responsibilities won’t give you a sense of pride or accomplishment. 

If you identify with two or more of these signs, your well-being deserves urgent attention.

Take Back Your Work Life: Find Your Career Happiness

If you’re experiencing signs of burnout, it’s crucial to reflect: Is the problem really with your job—or with your relationship to work itself?
Many people discover that changing jobs doesn’t solve the problem; without addressing the core issues, dissatisfaction simply follows you. That’s because workplace happiness is driven not just by external factors but by how you manage stress, find meaning, and stay engaged.

To get to the heart of your career satisfaction, try the Career Satisfaction and Happiness Assessment at NaviPsy. This science-backed tool helps you:

• Identify the real causes of burnout, exhaustion, or disengagement
• Rediscover your passion and sense of accomplishment
• Develop insights for work-life balance
• Increase your daily happiness and emotional resilience
• Receive customized strategies for future career success

Understanding yourself is the first step to thriving at work again.

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