Objectives This study aims to look at the organizational indices of ‘burnout’ among Filipino female factory workers in the Philippines. They have been faced with multiple work arrangements coupled by exposure to hazards in the workplace that may compound their perception and experience of burnout.

Methods Secondary analysis on a research study was conducted on a wide range of socio-demographic, health and occupational data on 344 female factory workers. The database was a cross-sectional study involving 344 female factory workers. Multiple logistic regressions were used to study the overall association of interest, simultaneously controlling for all confounders.

Results The results of the study showed that 60% of female workers reported burnout. The highest mean scores for nature of tasks were obtained for repetitive works (1.3172 ± 0.8905), and works that regularly require new quality (1.6193 ± 0.7628). In terms of self-reported illnesses, the following yielded the highest means which implies greater occurrence; headaches (0.7733 ± 0.4193), body aches (0.7442 ± 0.4370), and coughs and colds (0.6948 ± 0.4612). The number of illnesses in the last 6 months was found to be associated with organizational correlates of burnout namely- Nature of Task Component 1 (β=1.298; p < 0 .01); Job Autonomy Component 1 (β=1.112; p < 0 .05); Workplace Hazards Component 1 (fumes, vapors, noise) (β=1.147; p < 0 .01); Workplace Hazards Component 2 (odors, high temperatures) (β=1.153; p < 0 .05); and Workplace Hazards 3 (dust, standing) (β=1.091; p < 0 .01). It was observed that an increase of 1 in the score for Workplace Hazards 1 implies 121.4% increase in the odds of having sickness often as opposed to seldom.

Conclusion The results of this study revealed that the nature of a factory worker’s work is causing burnout and adverse health.