Burnout is costing companies as much as $5 million a year—Here’s how that breaks down from average worker to top executive

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It’s easy to dismiss burnout as just another corporate buzzword. But as it turns out, a sometimes-squishy concept could have a huge impact on a business' bottom line. 

Employee disengagement and burnout resulted in over $5 million in costs annually to the average U.S.1,000-person company, according to a recent study published in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine.