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A Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

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Re: A Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

#11

Nonsense! The actual Dutch cure for stress is to claim you have "burnout" (they use the English word), and then take 6 months off work while being paid 80% of your salary. Honestly, after working for 6 years in the Netherlands, I don't know of another country that has such good working conditions [1], while having so many people in low stress professional jobs taking time off for burnout. There seems zero social or p…

Seems like they have it figured out. Time for the rest of us to catch up.

Re: A Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

#12

Nonsense! The actual Dutch cure for stress is to claim you have "burnout" (they use the English word), and then take 6 months off work while being paid 80% of your salary. Honestly, after working for 6 years in the Netherlands, I don't know of another country that has such good working conditions [1], while having so many people in low stress professional jobs taking time off for burnout. There seems zero social or p…

Sounds like few working hours leads to burnout.

Re: A Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

#13
"people who live closer to the coast, like many Netherlanders do, report better physical and psychological health than those farther inland."

The whole randstad area (near the coast, with all the major cities) has more jobs, wealth, opportunities and such..

Re: A Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

#15

Nonsense! The actual Dutch cure for stress is to claim you have "burnout" (they use the English word), and then take 6 months off work while being paid 80% of your salary. Honestly, after working for 6 years in the Netherlands, I don't know of another country that has such good working conditions [1], while having so many people in low stress professional jobs taking time off for burnout. There seems zero social or p…

Work and an NGO, expats are never in on Fridays. Just us IT folks, working our 40 hours.

Making a specific amount of hours or working hard doesn't cause burnout most of the time.

Re: A Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

#16

Nonsense! The actual Dutch cure for stress is to claim you have "burnout" (they use the English word), and then take 6 months off work while being paid 80% of your salary. Honestly, after working for 6 years in the Netherlands, I don't know of another country that has such good working conditions [1], while having so many people in low stress professional jobs taking time off for burnout. There seems zero social or p…

Burnout is only directly related to the amount of hours worked.

Re: A Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

#17
post #7

The simple Indian cure for stress - Meditation. a.k.a watching your breath

This is not a substantive comment. You could’ve taken a bit more effort and provided some thoughtful comments on how meditation can help you be in touch with your emotions etc.

Simply saying meditation equals watching your breath doesn’t help make your point.

Finally this thread is about the dutch culture and how they deal with stress. Appreciate it, even if it doesn’t align with the point you’re trying to make.

Re: A Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

#18

Nonsense! The actual Dutch cure for stress is to claim you have "burnout" (they use the English word), and then take 6 months off work while being paid 80% of your salary. Honestly, after working for 6 years in the Netherlands, I don't know of another country that has such good working conditions [1], while having so many people in low stress professional jobs taking time off for burnout. There seems zero social or p…

This. I worked in the NL for 3 years and this was the hardest thing to accept / adapt to when I arrived. The Dutch have a completely different approach to work, which to us American, could seem like they just don't care.

I still remember dealing with a real estate agent (known to usually be hustling in US) who wouldn't work weekends or after hours to have us visit a house we wanted to buy. Nonsense! :)

And I also know a lot of people who had burnouts - while working in conditions that seemed... very good and not stressful.

Re: A Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

#20

Nonsense! The actual Dutch cure for stress is to claim you have "burnout" (they use the English word), and then take 6 months off work while being paid 80% of your salary. Honestly, after working for 6 years in the Netherlands, I don't know of another country that has such good working conditions [1], while having so many people in low stress professional jobs taking time off for burnout. There seems zero social or p…

> There seems zero social or professional stigma about it.

Actually, I think there is some stigma but we are prohibited from discussing it publicly due to modern values. Burnout is bound to have some negative impact on career opportunities as one is unlikely to regain their status and responsibilities on return.

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