Burning Out (2016)

Overview : Burning Out is literally a drama about life and death. For two years, the Belgian director Jérôme le Maire followed the members of a surgical unit in one of the biggest hospitals in Paris. Constantly under severe stress, understaffed and subject to severe budget cuts, employees fight each other for resources. Meanwhile the management imposes ever more stringent efficiency and profitability targets. All over Europe burnout has reached epidemic proportions among employees in the public and private sectors. Will we end up killing ourselves? Or will we be able to find meaning and joy at work?

Release Date : November 18, 2016

Runtime : 85m

Genre : Documentary, Drama  

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Countries : Switzerland, France, Belgium

Keywords : work ethic, co-workers relationship, hospital staff, workplace harassment, work harassment, hospital crisis