An era that is marked by exponential growth in technology and industry unfortunately also comes at the cost of the human resource which is the driving force of this growth. An increasingly stressful work life, where there are constant demands on a person for something as simple and vital as survival, seems to be taking its toll with resulting work exhaustion. In this research an attempt has been made to analyze the antecedents and consequences of this phenomenon and to examine whether the phenomenon is occupation driven or an occupational hazard across professions. A sample group of respondents from teaching professionals in schools and another from the BPO sector were studied to assess the level of work exhaustion experienced by them. Work-family conflict and fairness of rewards emerged as significant causal variables across both the segments and exhaustion in turn was significantly impacting an individual's turnover intentions.