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Unfortunately money doesn't grow on trees and working in high paying industries - like tech - can warp your sense of reality. The vast majority of people canno
by comprev 3y ago
Unfortunately money doesn't grow on trees and working in high paying industries - like tech - can warp your sense of reality.
The vast majority of people cannot afford to take such extended period of time off simply due to financial barriers.
Wondering if people are _actually_ burnt out simply because they have access to much less money than you is a rather arrogant viewpoint. Poor people get sick too.
- MrDresden 3y agoI agree with everything you wrote. However you misunderstood where I was coming from. I point out I was lucky enough to be able to take time off to focus on my health, and hint that that is sadly not something everyone can do. I was able to do this not because of being employed in a high paying tech job, but because of strong union negotiated benefits. I live in a European country with a sane perspective on work life balance and a strong social safety net. I will also add that what was written questioned the public statements of individuals that write about dealing with burnout in a single month, not that the very probable situation where individuals have burnout and only have the ability to take a single month off exist.
- baby 3y agoWhere are these messages of people dealing with burn out in a month. I haven’t seen them. Took me a year and more while working. You don’t need to be taking a break, just change of project/environment can be enough from experience. Like all these articles say, burn out comes from a number of sources, removing these will end up fixing things over a period of time.
- BossingAround 3y ago> Where are these messages of people dealing with burn out in a month. Check this thread, you'll find at least one.