I've been burned out in the past and I'm going to to with what might sound like a cop out answer: It really varies. I think it depends on: - Your personality -

I've been burned out in the past and I'm going to to with what might sound like a cop out answer: It really varies. I think it depends on: - Your personality - What you did with your off time - What kind of job situation you're going back to I do think the last point is probably the most relevant. Are you going back to the same situation as you were before? Then you're probably not going to feel like a month is a long enough time. To be honest there might not be a long enough time. You might need to find a new job. Especially with having run at burnout levels for a year or more. It was probably longer then you think. I've had burnout twice in my career. Once I negotiated getting laid off, took the summer off (went to the beach a lot) and then started a much more low-key job after about 4 months of just relaxing and recharging. More recently I was starting to burnout. I thankfully said something to my boss during my review and we had work taken off my plate. I'm lucky enough to have a great boss that understood that and was willing to do it. It's definitely helped curtail any sense of burnout.