It seems to be a common sentiment that burnout is largely driven by how many hours a day you work. Why is that?<p>From what I&#x27;ve been taught burnout is the result of continuous stress. Where stress is more or less defined as a continuous sensation of being threatened.<p>I&#x27;ve seen people with perfectly normal workours become burnt out. I&#x27;ve even seen people working ten hours a week getting burnt out. The common factor thus not being the objectively measurable amount of work.<p>My own formula for diagnosing a work environment is more like Risk of Burnout = perception of expectations &#x2F; perceptions of means to deliver<p>But a more useful model might be the SCARF-model presented in this tech talk <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=XeJSXfXep4M" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=XeJSXfXep4M</a><p>It seems to me that hours worked relates to issue of burnout more like lack of sleep to the risk of catching a cold. Potentially a big factor, but only incidentally.