The Bookseller - News - Trade facing industry-wide burnout, Bookseller survey finds

With more than 230 responses, heavily dominated by publishing staffers (87%), the survey found 64% of people working in the industry felt their work had impacted their mental health in the last year. Many attributed this to unsustainable workloads and an "always on" culture, worsened by the pandemic.

One editor, who has worked in the industry for seven years, said they are required to do "entire strands" of their job outside of contracted hours, to the extent they feel unable to start a family and are "seriously considering" leaving the industry.