The Burnout Conversation Is A Corporate Tool To Turn Your Suffering Into Marketing

Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg was flayed by the media for his grim fears around the current financial climate, including but not limited to telling employees that special “meta days” they got through the…

«And that’s what is killing Meta, Facebook, and Instagram - a constant focus on trying to find ways to trick users into engaging with products rather than giving them a reason to.»

I am sick, everybody. My tummy hurts, and I was sick yesterday, which was a Sunday. I wanted to sleep, but my stomach refused to let me, nagging me to get up. And this is exactly how I feel about…

How to leave work at the door when you don’t leave the house.

«Employees who feel “on” all the time are at a higher risk of burnout when working from home than if they were going to the office as usual.»

People refer to various forms of malaise as “burnout,” but it’s technically a work problem. And only your employer can solve it.

«the keys to preventing burnout as “demand, control, and support”: Place fewer demands on people, give them more control over how to handle those demands, and provide support to handle them. All three are within your boss’s power.»

A team at Zaragoza University designed a helpful framework to understand the three types of burnout based on how we cope when burning out.

«1. The frenetic worker. 2. The under-challenged worker. 3. The worn-out worker.»

As a diagnosis, it’s too vague to be helpful—but its rise tells us a lot about the way we work.

«Burnout, like P.T.S.D., moved from military to civilian life, as if everyone were, suddenly, suffering from battle fatigue.»

Different types of burnout require different solutions.

«burnout also consists of cynicism, which is often a sense of alienation from others, as well a reduced sense of efficacy, such as feeling helpless or incompetent.»