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If you were interviewing for such a position and came across this candidate, would they have a "very difficult interview?" How would you treat them differently, and why is that okay?
I'm not interviewing people, I'm someone with a suspicious hole in their CV that they still have to try to justify in every interview over 15 years later.
Oh, come on now. Things aren't that bad. If that's a snag, it's probably best to not work there.
I don't mean to be a jerk or anything, but a burnout is something you better not blog about or write about on facebook or speak about in any way that can be traced back to your real name, if you ever want to find another job again. Potential employers will google the names of applicants before an interview, and if the first thing that comes up is your name and photo on a story about your first job burnout, you're goi…
I couldn't disagree more. I would fit into the 'potential employers' part of your comment, having hired In fact, I would prefer a candidate who knows their limits and is obviously willing to communicate them. I would view a person who would publicly talk about a subject that few others in their position do as someone I would want on my team, as I would view them as more likely to not only push when their workload/lif…
> weak-up-call > even I wasn’t even 30 at that time I don't want to sound like a grammar nazi, but might I suggest proofreading the next time.
Pretty sure the author doesn't speak English as a first language. Sounds like they might be originally of European extraction.
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Unfortunately, there are still many bosses who would be put off by a mental health issue in someones past though. In a former role, I interviewed a candidate who cited burnout as one of the reasons for a career change a few years earlier. After the interview my boss (who was in the interview) made a big thing about how that put him off. I think it was his main reason for rejecting the candidate. It is important we do…
If a company looks down on mental health issues, do you want to work there?
> weak-up-call > even I wasn’t even 30 at that time I don't want to sound like a grammar nazi, but might I suggest proofreading the next time.
Pretty sure the author doesn't speak English as a first language. Sounds like they might be originally of European extraction.
Why is this called 'My first burnout', are you planning on having another one?
> After spending a few weeks away from work catching up with movies, I started feeling better. Once I got my thoughts back, I decided to quit. By that time I didn’t like my job at all, I couldn’t imagine going back not even for a day. If I knew it was a burnout at that time, and if I got help in time, I might have been still at the bank working as a branch manager :) This is one of those interesting "stay vs leave" s…
1.5 years 10+ hour days, 7 days a week with only 2 days off after my daughter was born.
The worst thing is that I wasted nine years of my career there, three in misery. And it took me a couple more years to realize that I shouldn't work for others at all, but instead should start my own company. And I'm still not to the point where I can make a living on my own product without dayjobbing. But someday, someday I'll be able to sync up my love of enterprise configuration management problems with my wish for freedom and independence.
I don't mean to be a jerk or anything, but a burnout is something you better not blog about or write about on facebook or speak about in any way that can be traced back to your real name, if you ever want to find another job again. Potential employers will google the names of applicants before an interview, and if the first thing that comes up is your name and photo on a story about your first job burnout, you're goi…
In her defense, many engineers quit their jobs after 3-4 years because of fatigue. Usually it's for a better job with more pay...nothing wrong with that.
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Happened to me a couple months ago. Fainted on my desk, had to go to the hospital by ambulance. Almost 8 weeks at home. Don't wait for it to happen.
Fainted at your desk, what caused that? Lack of sleep? Not eating?