Burnout is the system working exactly as intended
This hill is unclaimed. Nobody is willing to die on it. Yet. First blood pending.
- Pay, and you hold it.
- Anyone can dethrone you for more.
- Every claim stays on the record.
No claims on the record.
The other side
Firms staff to forecasts, and forecasts miss. A resignation lands, a client doubles its order, and the work sits on whoever is still there. Nobody drew that up. Calling exhaustion the design gives management a coherence it has never had, and it makes the fix sound impossible. Requests for a second hire do get approved. Slowly. That is drift, and drift responds to pressure.
Tell me when this hill changes hands.
One email per change of hands. Unsubscribe link in every one.
Adjacent hills to die on
LinkedIn ruined networking by turning it into personal branding
"They don't get paid enough to care" is a rotten mindset
Open plan offices don't encourage collaboration, just passive aggression
People care too much about having a "dream job"
Mandatory team-building activities are workplace torture
Unlimited paid time off policies are a scam that cuts vacation time
More work hills, all of them, or find one worth $1 of your convictions.