@BD-xw6dg
I'm burnout. Badly. The other day I locked myself in the bathroom at work and cried. Too much demand on my sholders. I dont know how to recover from this. People saying well look for another job. How? I'm burnout for any job. I just wish I was rich enough so I dont have to work anymore.
@manfredconnor3194
I didn't think that they had burn-out in the USA. You are either a "hard worker" or a "slacker" and a "bum" end of story in the USA. So I worked for 41 years. I quit working 3 years ago and never felt better except for the self-imposed guilt that I put on myself for not working. I want to want to work again, but if I am honest with myself, I just don't want to work anymore. At some point enough is enough. I am worried about two things: 1.) Not having enough money and becoming homeless. 2.) Having to go back to work because of #1.
@clp91009
My philosophy to avoid burn out is simple. I do my best work and do a hard days work within reason. If I fail to meet impossible goals set by my bosses then that’s their problem. Let them fire me I refuse to lose 1 second of sleep over work its just not worth it.
@almulla
I'm still listening to this after working an extra 2 unpaid overtime hours for the 4th time this week iny car driving home, having to cancel my gym session again because of how tired I am, tearing up listening to her. Hating my life now. Being blamed for how hard it is to get out of bed from my managers. When I explain my mental health, it sounds to them like empty excuses. I'm dying here. No one understands.
@Me97202
After 50 years in a career…I still loved the actual work. What burned me out was workplace politics, lack of appreciation or recognition, being expected to do more and more work for less and dishonest bosses.
@thebanana835
And then post-burnout you reach a point I've reached a few months in: Not giving a single duck. It's a form of nirvana and numbness lol. I'll give a ted talk on it soon ;)
@Ruab
The problem in America in IT is that you're expected to be available 24/7/365 and always respond within 5 minutes to any single incident. You're expected to be a constant problem solver for multiple tools, multiple products, multiple platforms. You cannot have the answers to everything every single day of the week, at all hours of the day. My phone rings at 3am if a server loses ping, I'm now expected to respond to this incident at 3am and be up at 8am to scribe the issue to leadership, if you aren't awake and available by that time to explain what the issue was, no matter what time you got back to sleep you are fucked. Management will think you are a slacker, your performance reviews will suffer. It's beyond exhausting, not to mention we are not paid hourly.
@KarmasAbutch
What we need are the steps for RECOVERY after chronic severe workplace burnout has already taken place and ruined our health to the point where were un-hireable anywhere other than the toxic cesspool that caused it! If you’ve hit this level of burnout... YOU KNOW ALREADY. There’s no rebound or bounce back after rest - it just stays there.
@sweetlaughter78
I quit my job 2 years ago due to burnout. I didn't know it at the time. It has taken me 2 years to recover because I didn't know what needed healing. I am so glad I made the right choice.
@SahulkaBrooks
I suffered burnout so severely I cannot return to work at all. The workload and toxicity were astronomical along with continued loss of control and influence. Things went from bad to worse until my body quit. Every day I felt like I would have a heart attack or stroke until my doctor pulled me out. I was so so sick I can not ever work again.
@link1565V2
I had to work in a call centre for 6 months. My friends think I'm joking or exaggerating when I say that I was really close to killing myself. I hated every second of it. I just rode it out until they fired me. One thing I'm proud to say is that I never made a profit for them. Evil, soulless company.
@Acts-hw1zs
I wish they would teach you this as soon as you start working. I’m straight of college, working 2 yrs straight and burned out at 25.
@nellifedorova3054
This is a pretty good description of job burnout. Unfortunately, it doesn't suggest any remedy for people who are already so burnt out that they can't and don't want to work any more either in their current profession or any other, but need to work somewhere in order to support themselves and their families.
@elle7739
I've just resigned from my job because of burnout. The last straw was manager related dispute. I'm beyond caring. That was exactly what I was feeling.
@SpookMrsSpooky
I can't like this enough, sharing with some colleagues because we ARE burned out. Vacations are great, but if we have to go back to what we are vacationing from, we are not helped. Only solution is to find another profession. That's where I am right now. This is the best description of burnout I've seen.
@MelindaLongoria
I am NOT surprised that customer service is on this list. .... kind of crying right now. There is so much truth in your message.
@jamesdriskill5784
I walked out on the job that i had work so hard to attain. I was a school principal in a small Texas town. Campus was doing better than what i inherited. scores were up, discipline was better. Problem was that I had a boss that was about nothing but politics and taking care of the “influential“ people on my campus. Stabbed in the back constantly. All I was ever told was I wasn’t the person they hired when in actuality, neither were they. In fact, who is going to be the same person in that environment? I got so burned out and depressed that I just walked out the day before school started. I was at the point that I didn’t wanna live anymore. I retired. I still have regret and nightmares. I hated leaving when I did but it was about self preservation at that point. Didn’t matter they had me replace in five minutes. One of the backstabber’s got the job.
@angelocatapang6054
from a well oiled machine to being a worn out machine.that's a burnout.
@zaskarclf
So glad I found this and know I'm not the only one or crazy. Hit 50 this year and I've been feeling this way for the last 5-10 years. And I used to LOVE my job, but realized I could be dead tomorrow and I wouldn't have spent any time watching my kids grow up. And everything this Dr mentioned about toxic workplace is spot on.
@jweers1