Anonymous
05/23/2022 09:38
Subject: Re:If you are burnt out but can’t quit
Anonymous wrote:It’s nice that some jobs permit people to coast. If I slack off for just a few days, it literally all falls apart. I have to be constantly on. It’s tiring, I wish my next job will be better.
My job has a production quota with biweekly quality reviews. There are no kick back and relax moments.
Anonymous
05/23/2022 06:25
Subject: If you are burnt out but can’t quit
Anonymous wrote:Found a new job at literally 25% of my former salary. Doesn't matter, as my new job is not a toxic environment and I am so happy! Money isn't everything, as it really cannot by happiness
Wow thats a big cut, I'm considering taking a 50% pay cut and stressing a bit about that. But I can't wait to leave my current place so I'm counting on the emotional/psychological benefit to make up for the economic.
Anonymous
05/23/2022 06:05
Subject: If you are burnt out but can’t quit
Found a new job at literally 25% of my former salary. Doesn't matter, as my new job is not a toxic environment and I am so happy! Money isn't everything, as it really cannot by happiness
Anonymous
05/23/2022 00:41
Subject: If you are burnt out but can’t quit
Anonymous wrote:- Stay away from complaining or negative co-workers. While it may seem validating (they totally agree that the office/department/boss sucks!), it only amplifies your negativity and brings on burnout.
- Seek out colleagues who can talk about things that are NOT work-related. Make it a game - first one to bring up work buys lunch next time.
- Speaking if lunch, get outside the office every day, rain or shine. Even if it’s just down to the corner and back (preferably further.) Change of venue, sun, air, stretching your legs is all good.
- Leave work at the office. Not just literally. But practice not thinking about or dwelling on work-related thoughts when you’re outside work hours. Dreading or stressing about upcoming events or ruminating on past events are both ways to cause burnout. Consider it a meditation practice. When your mind wanders to work, notice it and put the thought in a folder marked “for tomorrow, during the work day.” Then LET IT GO.
Really good advice.
Anonymous
05/22/2022 23:00
Subject: If you are burnt out but can’t quit
- Stay away from complaining or negative co-workers. While it may seem validating (they totally agree that the office/department/boss sucks!), it only amplifies your negativity and brings on burnout.
- Seek out colleagues who can talk about things that are NOT work-related. Make it a game - first one to bring up work buys lunch next time.
- Speaking if lunch, get outside the office every day, rain or shine. Even if it’s just down to the corner and back (preferably further.) Change of venue, sun, air, stretching your legs is all good.
- Leave work at the office. Not just literally. But practice not thinking about or dwelling on work-related thoughts when you’re outside work hours. Dreading or stressing about upcoming events or ruminating on past events are both ways to cause burnout. Consider it a meditation practice. When your mind wanders to work, notice it and put the thought in a folder marked “for tomorrow, during the work day.” Then LET IT GO.
- Seek out colleagues who can talk about things that are NOT work-related. Make it a game - first one to bring up work buys lunch next time.
- Speaking if lunch, get outside the office every day, rain or shine. Even if it’s just down to the corner and back (preferably further.) Change of venue, sun, air, stretching your legs is all good.
- Leave work at the office. Not just literally. But practice not thinking about or dwelling on work-related thoughts when you’re outside work hours. Dreading or stressing about upcoming events or ruminating on past events are both ways to cause burnout. Consider it a meditation practice. When your mind wanders to work, notice it and put the thought in a folder marked “for tomorrow, during the work day.” Then LET IT GO.
Anonymous
05/21/2022 16:47
Subject: Re:If you are burnt out but can’t quit
I left a toxic org that was exacerbating burnout, took a summer sabbatical, and found a flexible part-time position with less responsibility.
It was just what I needed. Good luck, OP! Burnout is very real and hardly sufficiently acknowledged or addressed.
It was just what I needed. Good luck, OP! Burnout is very real and hardly sufficiently acknowledged or addressed.
Anonymous
05/20/2022 21:31
Subject: If you are burnt out but can’t quit
Find something you can enjoy, especially if it is a social connection. Maybe it's with a coworker, or maybe a friend who lives or works nearby who you can meet up with regularly.
If you once felt really excited about your job, it might also help to attend a conference or training or something that gives you a new perspective on it. I have found that this really helps remind me why I care about this work and what I find interesting, even when the day-to-day gets me down.
If you once felt really excited about your job, it might also help to attend a conference or training or something that gives you a new perspective on it. I have found that this really helps remind me why I care about this work and what I find interesting, even when the day-to-day gets me down.
Anonymous
05/20/2022 18:59
Subject: Re:If you are burnt out but can’t quit
I started going every other week to a massage at lunch. It saved me and helped me get back on track.
Anonymous
05/20/2022 18:36
Subject: Re:If you are burnt out but can’t quit
Take vacation days, look for a new job, coast, talk to a therapist or your EAP.
Anonymous
05/19/2022 20:31
Subject: Re:If you are burnt out but can’t quit
I hear ya! Same here at cross roads and may just jump the ship~
Anonymous
05/19/2022 20:12
Subject: If you are burnt out but can’t quit
Anonymous wrote:Nothing. I’m a teacher and can’t go easy on myself or cut any corners or multiple people suffer and parents complain.
Thats because the parents are biiiiiig assholes.
Anonymous
05/19/2022 17:45
Subject: If you are burnt out but can’t quit
My responsible self needs me to hang on 10 more years for pension. The rest of me cannot and apparently will not.
Anonymous
05/19/2022 17:28
Subject: If you are burnt out but can’t quit
My wall calendar has countdown numbers on it.
I'm like some other PP in that coasting isn't in my nature and the wheels fall off if I'm not at least nudging things along.
I'm like some other PP in that coasting isn't in my nature and the wheels fall off if I'm not at least nudging things along.
Anonymous
05/19/2022 16:23
Subject: Re:If you are burnt out but can’t quit
It’s nice that some jobs permit people to coast. If I slack off for just a few days, it literally all falls apart. I have to be constantly on. It’s tiring, I wish my next job will be better.
Anonymous
05/19/2022 15:12
Subject: Re:If you are burnt out but can’t quit
Anonymous wrote:I came to this forum to post this exact thing! I'm too close to my retirement benefits to leave now, but I'm so, so stressed out and making myself physically ill a few times a year from it. I have 6 years to go. I really wish I had more flexibility, but I also know I'll appreciate the pension in the long run.
I wish I could care less and coast a little more, but it's just not in me and as I've aged it gets harder and harder to handle the stress when compounded with older kids at home who need me.
A lot of people have pensions here, that's good.
I just have 401K. I guess there are many in that same boat as well.