About My Burnout Score
Why this tool was built
Most burnout resources tell you that you are burned out - but not why. They describe the symptoms, confirm what you already suspect, and leave you no clearer on what to actually do about it.
My Burnout Score was built to solve that. Instead of giving you a single vague label, it identifies the specific drivers that are most elevated for you - so you can take targeted action on the right things, rather than feeling overwhelmed by burnout as a whole concept.
What the score measures
The quiz assesses eight well-researched burnout drivers, each mapped to a single question. These drivers reflect the most well-established causes of work-related burnout in the research literature:
Research basis: The WHO's ICD-11 (2019) formally classifies burnout as an occupational syndrome with three core dimensions: exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced professional efficacy. Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter's research across three decades identifies overwork, lack of control, insufficient reward, community breakdown, unfairness, and values conflict as the primary organisational drivers - all of which map onto the eight dimensions assessed here.
Your two most elevated drivers are identified and used to generate personalised, specific action steps - not generic self-care advice.
How the score is calculated
Each question has four response options worth 0, 1, 2, or 3 points. Your raw score across all eight questions is scaled to a 0–100 range, making it easy to track and compare over time. Higher scores indicate more elevated drivers and greater overall pressure on your system.
The score falls into one of four bands: Holding steady (0–29), Early warning signs (30–54), Running on fumes (55–74), or Burnout territory (75–100). Each band comes with a plain-language description and a set of targeted action steps based on your specific results.
Who built this
A note from the founder
My name is Ashish, and I built My Burnout Score after watching the same pattern play out repeatedly - in colleagues, in friends, and in myself: people running on empty for months without having a clear way to name what was happening to them. They assumed they just needed a better holiday, or more discipline, or to simply push through. What was usually missing wasn't willpower - it was a clear picture of which specific pressures were driving the exhaustion, and what to do about each one.
That gap is what this tool is built to close. I'm not a clinician, and this isn't a diagnostic or medical product - it's a structured way to turn a vague feeling of "I'm not okay" into something specific enough to act on. The questions are grounded in established burnout research (see above), and I keep refining the tool based on feedback from the people who use it.
- Ashish, founder, My Burnout Score
Privacy commitment
No data is collected, stored, or transmitted - ever. The quiz runs entirely in your browser. Your answers and your score exist only on your device during your session and are cleared the moment you close or refresh the page. There is no account, no sign-up, and no way for us to know how you scored.
A note on medical use
My Burnout Score is not a medical or diagnostic tool. It is a self-assessment tool designed to help you reflect on your current workload and wellbeing. If you are experiencing significant distress, please speak with a healthcare professional, your HR team, or a trusted person in your life.