Facing Busy Season ’23: 99% of Accountants Suffer Burnout

Webinar set to help yourself and your team.

By CPA Trendlines
via The Center for Transformation

Finding qualified talent has long plagued the accounting profession. However, with COVID-19 and remote work, the past three years have ushered in a new age of attrition and burnout.

The Value of Personal Resilience: What Accountants Need to Know

Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, 12 pm ET.

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A July 2022 article in Accountancy Age explored a survey that showed 99% of accountants suffer from burnout, with 24% reporting medium-high to high levels of burnout.  Further, that burnout is generally listed as why many CPAs leave public accounting.

The survey, conducted by FloQast, a provider of accounting workflow automation software, and the University of Georgia, used the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)—the leading measure of burnout and validated by more than 35 years of research—in an accounting setting for the first time. Using a 100-point scale, the survey covered three major areas of burnout: Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP), and low sense of Personal Accomplishment (PA).