This was the main thing for me as well. "tech employees who long ago fused their sense of self-worth to their work." That could easily apply to any industry,

This was the main thing for me as well. "tech employees who long ago fused their sense of self-worth to their work." That could easily apply to any industry, just a reality of the world today that work consumes most of your time/energy, and most people are not entirely in love with your work. I have noticed recently that time off or vacation time makes working harder, like my brain realizes what life could be for an instant and rebels before getting back to the grind.