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One issue with "self-care" is that it reinforces the idea that those problems are just individual problems. And to some extent, they are. But to let an employe
by Matumio 5y ago
One issue with "self-care" is that it reinforces the idea that those problems are just individual problems.
And to some extent, they are. But to let an employee go and send them on a quest to fix their personal issue is such a very easy distraction from more systematic causes. No need to fix work culture if it was just that one person. No need to question social norms that might nudge people into working an unhealthy number of hours. I guess this is a good day to think about this.
- bladegash 5y agoTrue and all fair points. However, I think it may also suggest that people are not powerless/helpless in their situation, even if they are stuck in a job or society that places too much pressure on some. Personal opinion, but where I think many may begin to really suffer from burnout is when they feel like they cannot do anything to improve or change their situation, and that it is futile to even try. If nothing else, self care is something an individual who is struggling can control in the midst of a bunch of things they cannot.
- tartoran 5y agoThe problem is that the culture kindof pushes people to extremes where they inevitably burn out. After the first burnout, which is a very scary new experience, people learn not to push to those limits, but there’s always new people to burn out. We’re lucky that the stigma of burning out is diminishing, before we’d have to suffer in silence and shame.