Workoholism is often considered to be positive and beneficial and workoholics are supposed to be very efficient people, who love their own work and are not lazy. In fact, workoholism is not connected with enthusiasm at all but is a dependency like any other. People dealing day-to-day with other people (teachers, doctors etc.) or those having significant responsibility (managers) suffer from the consequences of excessive work-load the most. As a result of exhaustion, people feel dissatisfaction and do not enjoy their work at the beginning. This is followed by minor health problems along with decreasing work efficiency. Finally, people's self-confidence and energy is reduced significantlty.
Burnout threatens managers the most. Psychologists claim the major reason is managers' reluctancy or inability to delegate tasks to their subordinate colleagues. Instead, they prefer to carry out as many tasks as possible on their own to ensure the required quality. Burnout is the result of total exhaustion and a simple reduction in activity does not solve the problem.