Rise in ECB staff suffering from burnout: Study

FRANKFURT, Germany, July 11 (AFP): The number of ECB staff suffering from burnout has risen steadily in recent years to reach nearly four in ten, according to an internal study seen by AFP Thursday.
The number of employees at the European Central Bank reporting burnout has gone up from 29.7 percent in 2016 to 33.2 percent in 2021, before reaching 38.9 percent in 2024, according to the study commissioned by ECB staff representatives and conducted by the Psy@work consultancy.
The study also found that 146 employees had suicidal thoughts, representing 9.1 percent of respondents, up from six percent three years ago.
The findings are based on responses gathered from 1,600 of the bank's almost 5,100 employees in May.
The study noted that within the ECB "poor or absent career development plans, and lack of opportunities... are related to loss of motivation, and increase of cynicism".