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> After spending a few weeks away from work catching up with movies, I started feeling better. Once I got my thoughts back, I decided to quit. By that time I di

> After spending a few weeks away from work catching up with movies, I started feeling better. Once I got my thoughts back, I decided to quit. By that time I didn’t like my job at all, I couldn’t imagine going back not even for a day. If I knew it was a burnout at that time, and if I got help in time, I might have been still at the bank working as a branch manager :) This is one of those interesting "stay vs leave" situations. If OP had recognized impending burnout early on, and addressed it, would she have been happier staying on at the bank? It's usually quite hard to say.

Killswitch 11y ago
It is very interesting. I recently had burnout get so deep that I couldn't hide it anymore and had to react, I asked for a week off because I was burnt out. Got given that weak off, 3 days in was fired. 1.5 years 10+ hour days, 7 days a week with only 2 days off after my daughter was born.
- adwn 11y ago
  > 1.5 years 10+ hour days, 7 days a week with only 2 days off after my daughter was born. Why did you do that? (not an accusation, genuinely curious)
  - Killswitch 11y ago
    I was given equity in the company, told it was my company too. I felt me working extra would contribute to the success of the company. I was often pushed by the CEO when I was feeling tired and that I couldn't work anymore. I've ruined friendships with some of my closet friends because of the company... In the end, the equity I got wasn't worth the trouble I went through. I will never accept equity anymore. Pay me my salary, or find another shmuck. You're not creating the next Google, Facebook or Dropbox. The equity isn't worth it.
- austenallred 11y ago
  Sounds like getting fired was for the best
  - Killswitch 11y ago
    I felt like a thousand pound gorilla made out of stress was literally lifted off my chest 2 days after I was fired, and my anger subsided and I thought about everything. It was a godsend. I had my head buried so deep into that company I was deluding myself. Now I'm free from the shackles that stagnated me, and I can advance my skillset and do what I love because I'm not being forced to work in an archaic codebase of spaghetti and feature creep.
- s73v3r 11y ago
  Yet another piece of evidence of why working extra hours for the company is never worth it.
sevenadrian 11y ago
yeah, agreed. Sometimes it's best to not make it work and to move on, no matter the reason that makes you leave.

Killswitch 11y ago

It is very interesting. I recently had burnout get so deep that I couldn't hide it anymore and had to react, I asked for a week off because I was burnt out. Got given that weak off, 3 days in was fired. 1.5 years 10+ hour days, 7 days a week with only 2 days off after my daughter was born.

adwn 11y ago
> 1.5 years 10+ hour days, 7 days a week with only 2 days off after my daughter was born. Why did you do that? (not an accusation, genuinely curious)
- Killswitch 11y ago
  I was given equity in the company, told it was my company too. I felt me working extra would contribute to the success of the company. I was often pushed by the CEO when I was feeling tired and that I couldn't work anymore. I've ruined friendships with some of my closet friends because of the company... In the end, the equity I got wasn't worth the trouble I went through. I will never accept equity anymore. Pay me my salary, or find another shmuck. You're not creating the next Google, Facebook or Dropbox. The equity isn't worth it.
austenallred 11y ago
Sounds like getting fired was for the best
- Killswitch 11y ago
  I felt like a thousand pound gorilla made out of stress was literally lifted off my chest 2 days after I was fired, and my anger subsided and I thought about everything. It was a godsend. I had my head buried so deep into that company I was deluding myself. Now I'm free from the shackles that stagnated me, and I can advance my skillset and do what I love because I'm not being forced to work in an archaic codebase of spaghetti and feature creep.
s73v3r 11y ago
Yet another piece of evidence of why working extra hours for the company is never worth it.

sevenadrian 11y ago

yeah, agreed. Sometimes it's best to not make it work and to move on, no matter the reason that makes you leave.