SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly half of the labor force in South Korea self-identify as worhaholics, a survey showed Monday. Online job search portal JobKorea conducted a survey of 855 workers, 48.5 percent of whom regarded themselves as workaholics. Among those claiming to be workaholics, 52.5 percent said they had no choice but to become [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — With the COVID-19 pandemic nearing its second anniversary, concerns about burnout among medical staff are rising. Yun Ye-seul (alias), a nurse working at a public health clinic in Seoul, is in charge of primary checks on patients and managing home treatment. She hasn’t been able to afford a single [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly one third of healthcare workers in charge of quarantine and treatment of coronavirus patients are facing burnouts, a recent survey revealed. Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health and Gyeonggi Public Health Policy Institute conducted a survey of 621 healthcare workers fighting the pandemic in the region, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight in 10 doctors in South Korea have experienced burnout symptoms, due to extreme physical and mental fatigue, a poll showed Wednesday. The poll of 1,004 doctors, conducted online by medical information provider InterMD on Dec. 26-27, found that 80 percent of them have suffered from burnout while working [...]