Six Key Categories of Job Burnout

“First, nonprofit organizations may often have fewer resources than organizations in other sectors, leaving workers with too little time and too few tools with which to handle their workload. Second, nonprofit employees have high expectations and are attempting to solve truly monumental problems. Their idealism can lead them to overextend themselves and take on too much,” they write. Ethical conflicts also are common as nonprofit workers strive to juggle their ideals and the realities of their day-to-day tasks.