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In either case, the purpose of what you are doing is earning a salary to pay your bills. Workers would do well to always keep it in mind.
If the only purpose of your life truly is to pay bills, that would cause anyone to burn out.
Work is merely a means to an end.
Software? Devs? Sales? Accountants?
This seems like pretty broad category.
But also, if such a broad category is having burnout, across countries and cultures, then maybe that is indicating some larger problems?
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In either case, the purpose of what you are doing is earning a salary to pay your bills. Workers would do well to always keep it in mind.
That sounds a lot like "The peasants should know their place".
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Ac actual academic career is the WORST in terms of burn-out. I was writing paper reviews at 4am. People I know who are professors board planes with a pile of papers to read or review. Midnight meetings to discuss conference organization. Add in the pressure of publish or perish.
I second that academia can be terrible for burnout. In an experimental subject, experiments that can take months to prepare can fail for reasons that you can't do much about, and all you can do is start over. I used to describe this feeling to my wife as if sometimes someone would come along from time to time and wipe your hard drive. Even though my current job can be a grind, at least we rarely have to just throw aw…
Most people don't have "fulfilling" jobs. They have a paycheck. A very small percentage of Americans, let alone those around the world, have the privilege of analyzing how their job makes them feel. I get paid great money to play with computers. My father was an elementary school janitor.
I think Office Space summed up the problem nicely: "Peter Gibbons: The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care. Bob Porter: Don't... don't care? Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime; so where's the motivation? And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now. Bob…
This is literally my company. 8 bosses - all of who spending their entire existence in monitoring and PIPing engineers instead of using their authority to deliver constructive outcomes for the business.
There is zero growth mentality among them (except headcount growth for their empires). Can't even imagine how to steer their org to produce value.
Why the f will a IC care more about the success of the business than the 8 destructive bosses above them?
So it's the worst of both worlds. I have a lot of responsibility but very little power.
Compare this to someone in a soft skill role who may have to deal with kafkaesque bureaucracy but at least it is difficult to objectively measure their results. Or a blue collar worker who is just expected to put in their hours and effort.
Most people don't have "fulfilling" jobs. They have a paycheck. A very small percentage of Americans, let alone those around the world, have the privilege of analyzing how their job makes them feel. I get paid great money to play with computers. My father was an elementary school janitor.
I think Office Space summed up the problem nicely: "Peter Gibbons: The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care. Bob Porter: Don't... don't care? Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime; so where's the motivation? And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now. Bob…
Working with my wife now to get her to start a business so we can keep my salary to pay the bills but focus on the business so our effort can have a meaningful impact on the bottom line.
I have no doubt that BCG will be more than happy to help anyone troubled by the implications of this "research" with an "engagement" to study and reduce burnout in their organization. For a nominal fee of course. I have even less doubt that said engagement would not lead to more fulfilled employees given that the MBB consulting cargo cult has arguably given us the modern corporate culture that leads to such prevalent…
What does MBB mean in this context?
Most people don't have "fulfilling" jobs. They have a paycheck. A very small percentage of Americans, let alone those around the world, have the privilege of analyzing how their job makes them feel. I get paid great money to play with computers. My father was an elementary school janitor.
I have no doubt that BCG will be more than happy to help anyone troubled by the implications of this "research" with an "engagement" to study and reduce burnout in their organization. For a nominal fee of course. I have even less doubt that said engagement would not lead to more fulfilled employees given that the MBB consulting cargo cult has arguably given us the modern corporate culture that leads to such prevalent…
What does MBB mean in this context?