Burn out also looks like the effect of a constant bullying. I mean, I have a wife, I work 9~16h paid 8 for 70$ I can't enjoy her on week end, nor the sun. It w

Burn out also looks like the effect of a constant bullying. I mean, I have a wife, I work 9~16h paid 8 for 70$ I can't enjoy her on week end, nor the sun. It was the same when I was a coder except I was earning more money. In society it has become common to forget about punch clocks. The limit between a safe haven you can protect yourself and mend your mind has been constantly shrinking: commutation, seminar, social events, excessive work hours, extra load (like being a sysadmin when you code or repairing unsafe truck when you are a mover) ... I dare say: «burn out» is just the medicalisation of a social problem. In the worst of European glory and exploitation scheme USA used to abhor but are now embracing there used to be something called «professional fatigue». This «fatigue» disappeared after the social struggle and the imposition of effective decent work hours. Burn-out is just a pitiful way for employers to blame workers for the result of their actions on which they don't want to take responsibilities. It is a counter productive management harming globally the society as much as jails are breaking humans. Have you tried to ask at your job a strict workhours compensation? Your job will laugh at you. Oh, I already can guess there are some exceptions out there that will answer I live in a world they don't see. But, how much of you when counting commuting, extra activities work related (like reading news to stay up to date, going to user groups), reading mails do actually have less than 48hr/week that are work related?