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Professional satisfaction is clearly an important factor in maximizing employee performance. Inhibitors of professional satisfaction can help reduce it. Professional dissatisfaction with the education sector is linked to the possibility of reducing teacher performance and its impact on the whole education system. Work stress is linked to professional satisfaction. It causes serious mental and physical health problems with a multitude of negative consequences for the worker himself, the quality of his working and personal life, but also for the economy and society in general, as the rate of absenteeism increases, the rates of accidents at work and early retirement. The survey was conducted in public elementary primary schools in the prefecture of Thessaloniki during the academic year 2018-2019, in order to investigate the work stress of the teachers: the factors that cause it, the most common symptoms, the strategies they apply for its management, its impact on work and personal life, during the economic crisis, during which it is being conducted. This dissertation consists of two parts, the theoretical and the research. In the theoretical part (chapters 1 to 4) there is an extensive topic related to the subject under review, domestic and international bibliographic overview. The research is the second part (chapters 5 and 6). It clarifies its purpose and usefulness, the research cases and the methodology followed (chapter 5), followed by presentation and commenting on the results and ending with the conclusions drawn from the elaboration of the results and our proposals for future relevant research occupation (Chapter 6).