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Job satisfaction and the Burnout Syndrome perceived in a variety of working environments have been the focus of researchers for more than 3 decades as key issues or variables. The main reason for the plethora of research on these issues is their direct link to the performance of the employees and consequently the effectiveness of their work. Ensuring the quality of the education provided is mainly based on the human resources. In the field of education and social care professions, which contain a greater emotional involvement in general (health, social services), burnout is a more frequent phenomenon. As far as these professions are concerned, job satisfaction and Burnout is passed on to those directly involved. In the educational environment in particular, these factors affect the function of the school as an institution and consequently tomorrow's workforce. In previous surveys, substitute teachers were included as a small portion of the sample and the particular problems they encountered had not been thoroughly examined. The purpose of this research was to investigate whether the substitute teachers are satisfied with the quality of their working life and whether they are experiencing work-related burnout, given the conditions and the working status at a time when their percentage in schools is no longer negligible, due to the absence of permanent appointments.