News Summary

• Research has shown that middle managers are the type of employees most at risk of experiencing job burnout.
• Gallup survey results from 2021 found that managers were more likely to report higher levels of burnout and stress compared with direct reports.
• As a middle manager, you have to balance the needs of your team with what upper management wants.
• In fact, an increasing number of younger middle managers say that these duties are too much to handle, according to a 2023 survey by productivity software company Capterra.