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This seems to just be a case of survivorship bias. IOW, an older cohort is one that has already had burnout victims removed. But the remainder may simply be t
by webmaven 6y ago
This seems to just be a case of survivorship bias.
IOW, an older cohort is one that has already had burnout victims removed.
But the remainder may simply be those who resist being pressured into overwork, rather than those who don't succumb to burnout despite being overworked.
- _qulr 6y agoWhat do you mean by "removed"? Obviously millions of people were removed from the workforce this year, but that had nothing to do with burnout. In general, a non-wealthy person cannot simply retire because they feel burned out.
- webmaven 6y agoWell, burnout is positively correlated with lots of conditions that are in turn linked to higher mortality rates.
- stolenmerch 6y agoI don't think this is survivorship bias. They are not making the claim that they have a workforce immune from burnout because young dropout workers aren't counted. Instead, they are specifically pointing to the lack of pressures and time management skills cultivated over the years present in an older workforce that would lead to burnout in others.
- webmaven 6y agoRight. I'm saying that their claim is a bit of a just-so story, and that dropouts and increased mortality should be considered. The obvious question to investigate is at what rate the older cohort experienced burnout when they were younger.