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The purpose of this study was to investigate the phenomenon of professional exhaustion which is nowadays underlined as a syndrome concerning the teachers' community. In this survey, 315 teachers were asked to complete the Maslach questionnaire recording the level of professional exhaustion , as well as to answer a demographic and personal information questionnaire. The results of this survey showed that teachers who are working in the present post economic crisis and post Covid-19 time period while also facing increased duties due to newly added work and self evaluation methods, are experiencing profesional exhaustion at a 15% rate. Considerably high scores were noted in the emotional exhaustion section( Section A of the Maslach questionnaire), medium and high rates were detected in the depersonalisation section, while scores of the personal achievement section were low. There was a differentiation between professional exhaustion levels depending on the demographic characteristics such as educational level ,work experience length, age of teachers, gender, family state or number of underaged children. There was also a high percentage of teachers willing to change their profession. Finally, a model for the prevention of professional exhaustion was proposed . The outcomes of the present study are being put under discussion in accord with current bibliography.