The key to overcoming career burnout is to have and implement strategy (most people don't do this). Here's how: a-life-after-layoff.teachable.com/p/the-ultimate-career-blueprint
I was laid off from an IT Director position and severely burned out. Likely was on the verge of a heart attack from the stress. Packed up all my stuff and moved to a cheaper area and now I drive a truck part time. Not sure what is next for me, but I know I'm done with super stressful roles. I'm in my 40s.
Same here Brotha, I have been a grant manager for the last few years and I have had to work under incompetent leadership, experienced on the job sexism that I as a male would have been fired for, or the harassment due to supervisors feeling intimidated. Some of it has been my fault for picking salary over company values. But after my last position, I have stopped looking for now, taking about a month to get my mind back right, start applying for jobs again but I will be absolutely asking more about the resources they provide to complete the job. Too many employers are expecting none paid overtime but goals to be completed with inadequate resources. I can understand working 1-2 hours of your own time here and there because of your passion in being efficient. But when it is expected every week due to heavily case loads and expecting everything to be in peak order, that’s just exploitation at that point.
Similar situation for me. No one realizes how stressful IT positions can be. I too am in my 40s and after all the IT emergencies, the corporate politics, toxic environments, endless on call taking away my personal life and sleep, I am just done. Companies contact me all the time and throw money at me and I'm like nope! Yes I know I have an impressive resume but I'd be happy as a clam working help desk or desktop support for a guaranteed 40 hours a week with no on call. Problem is, now I am overqualified. So now I have to explain why I won't be bored in a lower position. Everyone thinks I will leave and that is not the case. I just rather not do the stress anymore. I know guys that do this till retirement but I don't know how! They are made of better mettle than I ill give them that! Your money or your life!
@@workerofstone8782 They will be the ones either burned out at age 50 and once and for the rest of their life or dead. Seen both already couple of times. The industry went nuts and I pretend this is all a sign of a dying society (or at least business). Have a look at my extensive post (main thread). IT (in general, also including software and hardware engineering) got inflationary, we made us depended up to a point we can't afford it anymore, there is no [big] money to make out of it anymore, pressure is high and yet some (managers, bosses, HR) still need to be paid or want to be fed with really big figures at your costs.
I think the real problem is that we've been tricked into thinking our jobs should be our passion. Fact is, you go to work to make money. The lifestyle that is afforded to you by that money should be our passion and motivation.
@@SeraphoftheRoundTable I think that's a luxury most can't afford (actually enjoying one's work). Granted I don't feel it has to be that way, but misery seems to be baked into the system as it exists.
Yet, you can’t work at McDonalds and expect to live a luxurious lifestyle. Someone has to be the bottom feeder but, many Americans do not want that. Hospitals keep on giving raises because workers go on Strike. Getting big raises while the rest do not.
Didn't get tricked into anything here. I screwed off throughout high school and college. Even got a bullcrap degree. Once reality hit and I struggled to find any type of job in my degreed field, I hit the want ads in the paper.(yeah, that's how long ago that was) I got hired on to a home remodeling company with no tools and no knowledge of construction. I spent four years with a company learning my craft and building a tool collection. Then I moved on to another similar company and furthered my skills. I learned how to communicate with my clients. I gained confidence. 25 plus years later, I am a very skilled and formidable force in the industry in my region. I'm even managing other tradesmen now. The thing that converted me from just a drone drawing a paycheck to being the self proclaimed force, is that I convinced myself to do my job as if I were doing it for God. Its just something I heard at one time or another. I liked the sound of it, so I employed it. I also decided for myself, that I would do things a certain way because I wanted to, and not because it pleased the client or because it paid the bills. My line of work isn't exactly lucrative. Yeah, it pays the bills and keeps food on the table, but I'm hardly living on easy street, like most of my clents are. Point being, I didn't get tricked by anything. But I did let my occupation choose me. I was just willing to buy in when it did. Having said all of that, if I knew then what I know now, I would have nailed down a field of study and taken it seriously back then.
Least you didn't work hard for a whole year, only for your entire NCCER certification to mean absolutely nothing (i.e., no job from it, not even getting the bare minimum to start).
honey, I've been laid off from nearly EVERY job I've ever had, and not by my own fault. Companies I worked for (even big ones) went under, were bought out, merged, had hostile takeovers, etc., and because I'm an Admin, I'm always the one first to be made "redundant." Gone are the days of employer loyalty to their employees. DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY. They sure don't. Once you learn that you are just a small cog in a very big wheel, and you are only there to make your employer more profit, that will help. And always ALWAYS remember, HR is NOT there for the employee, they're there to keep the employer safe from all sorts of legal actions. They are not your friend.
Facts. I recently gave up and now work at a deli down the road, just to be able to make ends meet while I hunt. I don’t have the mental to keep hunting anymore, it’s been a year, i feel defeated…
@@jekku4688this 👆, i keep getting into company that go to bankruptcy, merge, or get sold to another. Im tired of it so i decided not work again in mortgage companies. But im mentally exhausted i spent time trying to get recognition in those companies to get promoted, which if it wasnt for layoff I would end up getting them. Now im just cynical all the time years of experience and nothing to show up.
Bro its not a career burnout, it's lack of meaningful work coupled with crippling inflation, lack of moral, unaffordable necessities. Yeah we are deep into the collapse people, or decline and it will get worse.
I was absolutely in deep career burnout about a year ago. After trying to make more subtle changes within my company, I took the leap and just quit, walking away from over a decade with a company and an advanced degree. Taking time to truly understand who I am and what I want enabled me to be much more targeted and motivated to pursue my next opportunity. Your strategy is spot on, and one of my mistakes was leaving without a clear plan in place, so now I'm on the other side knowing what I want and trying to convince recruiters and hiring managers. Fingers crossed for my next opportunity, and for others experiencing this, definitely realize you're not alone and talk to others to help understand what you want and develop a plan to make your change. Cheers!
What’s missing is time off to enjoy your life. Going on vacation or being afraid to call in sick due to company culture and the American society is not time off. Stay safe out there! ❤
Tried changing careers. Helped for awhile then cynicism again. My financial advisor said we could retire. Hallelujah! Looking forward to playing for awhile and then finding somewhere to volunteer. I believe THAT will be fulfilling. 🤞🏻
Great video! I experienced deep career burnout the last 6 years of my 25-year teaching career. It was because my working conditions got worse and worse and worse! It was affecting my health! I've had a couple of part-time jobs since, in different fields, and they have left me feeling cynical! So, thanks for the advice! I'll be reevaluating and thinking about a new job strategy!
This is really wild yall.. this is not ok or normal. Too many ppl now days feel like this. We won't get these years back on our life cycle. Man I pray things turn around for us because they are trying their hardest to ignore this PANDEMIC. We deserve better.😢
Another reason to be cynical and burnt out is that being a good worker means nothing. I keep hearing recruiter youtuber saying job hoppers are bad because nobody is productive until 2 years in a job…which i think is bs. Im always able to meet top metrics in the first month, does that guarantee I will get a promotion? Not at all. Is always the brown noses and the friend of the manager.
exactly! the 2 year period is a BS! In IT nobody can predict if the current technology will be replaced in 6 months In 2 years you could be working on something completely different.
I keep hearing “start your own business” advice. Like it’s super easy. It’s not, it’s very hard. Where would one even begin with no genius business idea and a solid plan? 9/10 startups fail. It’s incredibly risky. Where does one even get the startup funding? If you have a good idea, sure go for it…..
Yes - especially when that advice arrives in the precise stage of burnout to which he refers in the video (when you are probably 15-20 years into a career and it's not unlikely that you have a family who depends on your income and whatever you have saved has already been stretched to the max). Ask me how I know.
That is so true. A good friend and former co worker of mine was ready and primed to take over a small family business in remodeling. The business was an incredibily successful and well respected business in the area. My friend was already basically running it and it was set to continue with another generation of success. Unfortunately, his dad who was still technically the owner, suffered a stroke and could no longer oversee anytning having to do with the business. Worse yet, the brother of my friend, who had no investment in the company, bulldozed his way into the company and destroyed it within about 6 months. Everyone working there moved on to other things. My friend started his own company in the same industry, but he's just a single person operation. With everything he knew and all of his connections, he is still stuck at a one man operation level. And that's been going on for three years or more. So yeah, its not that easy to just start your own business. You have to have knowledge, skill, connections, financial backing, and probably most important of all.....luck. I'd like to know how many of these people who say, "just start your own company" had some sort of great help in getting started that they've conveniently forgot to account for or share with others.
Hello, after watching your videos and a lot of reflection, I handed in my resignation and walked away from a 6 figure salary job. It was the most toxic environment I have ever witnessed and believe me I have some other worldy level of resilience but this was crazy. Micro managing, spying on employees teams, hiring inexperienced people to then go and implement massive process changes etc. I walked away when I started feeling these initial signs of burnout, because I've been there before and it's such a hard ditch to climb out of. All the best.
As someone who experienced major burnout I highly recommend starting a skilled trade if you're physically able to. It has been a massive turnaround for my mental health. The trades desperately need workers and the job security is there. Thanks for the videos Brian!
@@TMeyer-ge5pj Absolutely! A lot of trades in my area want women to join. I started my apprenticeship on the same day as another person who is female and she's killing it. The male-centric atmosphere in the trades is dying out thankfully. Give it a shot!
@@censoredeveryday3320 Totally understand! I'm 37 and was scared to start over. There are less physically intense trades like low volt electrical work, which is what I chose. At our age you just have to be more safety conscious and take care of your body. Tbh I'm just as sore as I was sitting at a desk, but now I get to see the sunshine 😄
I fell into call centre work because a company said it was a stepping stone job to move into other jobs in the corporation. I got stuck there and changed employers but still was stuck doing the work. Years later I did career assessments and found out it was one of the top 10 worst jobs for my personality. Employers would keep saying I needed to change myself but now I realized I was square peg trying to fit into a round hole
Similar role but as an IT Support Analyst, I tried going for the Service Desk Team leader role as one came open for my team leader to say to me, because I hadn't work in the senior analyst position they didn't think I'd be suitable, apparently words from the service desk manager. Quit for a driving job which fell through, hoping to get into construction office role soon-ish.
@@novash653 I wish the best of success. I keep telling myself to Keep trying. I think Bryan Creeley said he had 3 failed businesses before he found success with this channel
@@capitalofcambrom some of them pay half decent salaries but you still get chewed out for stuff you did do and management doesn't listen when you suggest ways to prevent it from happening again. There is also a stigma attached to working there so even if it's a call centre for rocket scientists, you're still seen as a little call centre rep
@@earthsteward9 Nit sure why the lifeafteralayoff guy deleted the last comment, but no seriously the bank that hired you for that role did that on purpose. Wish I could find you to help you out
I'm 56 and have LOVED my career path until April of this year. I applied for a management position for which I was the ONLY person in the entire company who had the experience and certifications listed in the job description. Per the bounce back email from HR they would review my resume and set me for an interview if I qualified. I had my interview and 2 weeks later got a call saying someone who has zero qualifications got the job. Based on the HR email she should not have been allowed to even interview much less get the job. She is a known ass kisser (and that is putting it politely) and will yes the director to death vs question his poor decisions which is the only possible reason she got the job. I have been sending out resume's and quietly quitting this job. The Rockstar has left the building, I've taken the roadies with me and shut the whole venue down.
Thank you for making this video. Every single point you made is me 1000%. I've just not been able to explain it in a way other people can understand. I'll be 40 this year and I fear my time has passed. The type of job I would be most happy doing would not even come close to supporting my needs at this point. I'm also not in a position to go back to school or become a trainee. I've been looking for some kind of career therapist to help me talk through everything but it's just been entirely too expensive.
i went into engineering because I wanted to play with neat toys and build neat things. As my first job became more administrative and project management (as well as dealing with older tech), I bailed and tried to get into a more hands-on role. Of the four jobs I've had since then, two were the same industry (contracts), one was IT at a startup that crashed spectacularly, and the last one was a lab tech position where I got laid off. It didn't matter though, because they were outsourcing the lab testing and I was basically doing project management anyway. I was recently diagnosed with ADHD (right before the lab tech position). Even if project management appealed to me, I am not built for that. I want to solve lots of different problems; let the people I tutored in the STEM classes figure out how to sell it. My biggest career block (aside from 2+ years of cascading personal issues) is that everyone thinks I won't be happy in those low to mid level technical roles, when that is all I ever wanted to do. I am back working in a warehouse because I can't even get interviews with anything resembling a technical position, and barely got the interview for the warehouse role (over-qualified, FML).
I changed specialties after 20 years after lay off. It was THE BEST decision I ever made. I absolutely love what I do now, am the happiest I've ever been. I make better money ( not a crazy amount more BUT there's growth coming) I have more time, freedom and energy now.
I have 6 more years to retirment, I cannot wait. I have been in property management for 7 years, changed my role into a new company 2 years ago and it has been hell. Have worked in a very toxic office with a micromanaging woman who was promoted and now new manager is very discouraged due to her antics and no training. I have been looking at jobs to get out of property management and am looking to do something more self gratifying helping people. In the past I worked in healthcare and retail management so I have been applying. I am hoping I can land somewhere where the culture is not toxic and will allow me 6 more years to actually enjoy what I am doing until I can say adios!
I didnt ask to be cynical, I became cynical after I spent 5 years and tens of thousands of dollars on a STEM degree to not get a job out of it and then spending another couple years learning software development just in time for the industry to say it doesnt need developers anymore. Im sick of putting my life on hold for nothing.
At 40 I have realized "The Matrix" is the capitalism and big government partnership, and we're all plugged into it whether we want to be or not. Theres a reason homelessness is at a record high right now...the system is broken and greed has won once again.
Hardest decision i have had to make was leaving my last job. I loved it. I was a field engineer in oil and gas. Paid well, exciting work and extremely rewarding. Worked with good crews, land owners and clients. But it was costing me my health, family and friends. Always on call. On site 14+ hours a day. It was all consuming
It is a compenstaion burnout. Companies want to hire a pro for a janitors wage. I started working in accordance with my pay. I won't be giving 100% performance for 30% compensation.
One of the fallout is the mass lay off due to low budgets. Also, the managers/bosses who valued too much customers needs over the workers state and lack time management they need to close their station that has no late night pay.
Wow. Brian, are you reading my mind? I’ve been feeling like this recently more and more and can’t point my finger why. It started around the pandemic. It seems like the corporate culture changed exponentially since then and going downhill.
I don’t know, man. I’ve been unemployed all year. Runnin outta funds. I came here to try to learn something and guess what, it’s a sales pitch! Seems like something deeper is wrong with our economic system when people are told to buy courses and develop a “career strategy”. I thought I needed a job to support myself and my family. Now I gotta work at getting an opportunity to work!?!
Great!! Really resonated with me after getting laid off last year and going back to the same company. I became more cynical - I never am - and I truly believe it’s deep career burnout.
Well... I never wanted to be here in the first place and alas... here I am... working because I also don't have a choice in this matter since I need housing and food. Yay.
Very resonating topic. Passion and motivation hard to find destination in neoliberal capitalism where nothing is really real. Doing voluntary work and community building in your freetime to feel satisfied helps.
Venting I gueas. I finally got a 9-5 , I'm out of retail and the job is pretty easy. Pays fairly and no micro management. Why do I feel like I hate it even though I don't even know what I hate about it. !?! I tell.myself it's only because I'm used to doing a million things at once and so this is weird for me. But like is that really it. I finally have weekends off and all that. No nasty people and yet I casually job hunt several times a week. It's boring but the days go by quick enough.. maybe it's just too easy of a job and I want more..but also like Im not that young don't really want to get flooded with work. I like that I can forget about work when I leave. Trying so hard to be just grateful I have this position.
I definitely resonate with you. I'm not sure where why we get this feeling of always not being satisfied and looking for something more "fulfilling". My guess would be that we're avoiding trying to create that fullfillness ourselves, because we're afraid of finding out if we're even capable if it or not. I hope I get the courage and motivation to start having real hobbies or something of my own that would generate that fullfillness.
I've had the same career since college. A software developer. But sometimes just a company can destroy you physically and mentally. I worked at both a bank and healthcare insurance provider in Pittsburgh, PA. They were so "micro-managed" that I could not stand them. My boss if I stood up and went to bathroom I could see coming back her peaking over her desk at me. I started drinking more beer (sometimes on work hours) and even smoking pot before going in to work just to deal with it. Now I'm working at an global wide robotics company building software. Can come and go. I'm in office maybe 1 day month rest at home. Except for meetings work when you want pretty much as long as you get your job done. And I'm a lot more sober now with out the stress.
B. Pure excellent. You combine the insights of Industrial psychologist and that of Dr. Phil. A negative attitude will hold you back so much. Again, well done sir.
I think something like this is happening to me. It just seems that being in a couple of Senior roles and different projects and things are starting to be weird… I mean I’ve been doing nothing now for more than 2 years and recently started a new job as a SW Architect and people haven’t even had the time to talk on the first day… even worse… what was discussed in the interview as the role has nothing to do with reality! 😒😒
This is so very true! Im off with work related stress and defo considered if I really want to stay in the same field cos most of the roles are stressful no matter where you go 😮
I have been in saas sales for 10+ years, and since covid it just isn't fun anymore. Layoffs and the juice isnt worth the squeeze. Ready for a big big change.... thinking of becoming a forest ranger or starting a carpentry business. Lifes too short to spend 8 hours a day in front of screens. Im a veteran, MBA, 40, and im over the corporate bs!
I quit an extremely woke large corporate job I hated, moved across the country to be closer to family, and found a new job at a smaller, more conservative, family run business. That I also hate. There are many days it's all I can go do keep from bursting into tears, because the job is not what I expected, or what I was promised. I'm now close to retirement. However, I don't have money socked away to live on retirement (mostly because I've always had jobs where I've lived more or less check to check), yet I cannot see myself doing this job until I retire. I can see why and how people just "give up," suck it up, and stay miserable at a job they hate until they can retire. On the flip side, I've also known people who have found a great new career, or their "niche" job_after_ retirement, so that gives me hope!
i never understood people like this. yeah something is very wrong with my career but i know exactly what it is. im underpaid. i just want the money, i dont need to enjoy my work. actually its the opposite, even when i enjoyed something and started doing it as a job, i stopped enjoying it. you are NOT supposed to love your job, thats actually not normal. you are supposed to do it and get paid. because thats all it is. a job. every other opinion is worthless and will be disregarded
I totally understand this video. I've been assigned to work I have no aptitude for and end up at the bottom of the stack rankings every half year, sending my salary steadily downwards in a time when consumer prices are skyrocketing. Can't change teams or departments because of the stack rank. I've only ever worked for one company and can't imagine ever changing jobs. The boss knows this and knows I'll keep on giving 110%, 120%, and beyond no matter how tough the job gets.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m lucky to have found something I’m pretty good at doing, and that I enjoy more often than I don’t. However, the corporate grind and “shareholder primacy” have made me grow more and more disdainful of business today. By and large, companies care only for squeezing the last nickel out of anything they can. The only growth and improvement cared about is the profit margin of the current quarter. Profits and growth, should be morally driven by excellence in product and service quality. Profits should be reinvested back into professional development of their workforce, instead of sent back to shareholders in the form of stock buybacks to prop up share prices. The accounting games need to end.
Always good recommendations Brian. I'm old enough to have burned out on several career paths. A helpful strategy if you're struggling trying to find work, is to take advantage of employment agencies, recruiters, and other employment professionals like Brian, who can help find available positions, and improve your odds of getting hired. 👍
I am in manufacturing accounting in the rust belt NY. It has been a tough 27 year track. I think my major problem is audit firms run the show. We are never not in audit. I used to love what I did until 2 years ago. My last employer was bought out and they burned the accountants up. No quality of life, empty promotion promises, toxic co-workers, but paid decent. I switched companies but it is nothing but chaos. Job interviewing is awful, nothing but ghosting or not willing to pay. So relate to this video but do not know what to do.
can you possibly make a video about what to do about previous business owners looking for work. Man...im telling you...every recruiter questions it in a negative way. In fact I believe me being self employed is a plus because I have personal experience running a business. but to recruiters its frowned upon.
I experienced this too. I wouldn't say that you were self employed on your resume. I'd figure out a creative way to communicate the skills that you have. I think they assume you will leave quick and not take their shit. Which isn't wrong but none of us should!
I used to leave negative comments on your channel. But lately you've been putting out some heat! Really good content. And the only reason why I was negative before, is I felt like your Viewpoint really wasn't fighting for the employee in this market. Maybe it was because I was watching your older videos though. Either way, I wish you luck and success sir
It's interesting. I love my work but hate my jobs..... I work under people who don't have a passion for the work but run on egos and just do the work for the money. I actually love the technical aspect of the work so deal with horrible bosses. Otherwise I would be depressed
worked about 15 years in IT, left the field all together. Am done with glorified customer service passed as '' support '' and lay offs the minute the tonnes of late tickets are done or ''mandate'' is done all that for less than a receptionist that could be replaced by a asterix cascade phone structure
Are you sure you're not reading my thoughts? When I went back to school, I did research my field and thought that it would be a good fit. Little did I know that a worldwide recession was about to hit or that this field would not be a good fit. I find myself bored at least 80% of the time, annoyed 15% of the time, and just meh the other 5%. I even moved across the country looking for a new opportunity, but that blew up in my face, and now I'm back at square one
I hate what my "career" has turned into at this point. I just don't care about anything anymore. I'm so done. Ready to just collect disability. WHY BOTHER? Seriously, why try?
Years ago, after graduating college, my late grandfather said that my career path will come with many twists, turns and arising opportunities, however this can be a cycle, especially when you're job hopping. Nevertheless my late grandfather was a very wise man. Leaving some jobs which you hated can feel about as liberating as the parting of the sea (figuratively).
Hey lifeafterlayoff guy. I work at a big corporation that has a few seasonal spots. I worked the winter time setting up snowboards and skis, and while i didnt make much I did have a few nice benefits like housing and not too many hours. I went back to a restaurant with the same company in the summer, and man do I hate it so much! Toxicity, people not knowing the recipes, arguments, stress, 50+ hours each week. Its terrible. It makes me miss doing a job I was brand new to at 33.
I'd say I went through something like that. For over 10 years I loved what I was doing. Everything was perfect, and then some new management came along and changed everything. My job didn't get harder. Just the opposite. I spent over a year effectively doing nothing as the projects I had been working on were all shut down and the new projects that were supposed to replace them were continually being reworked. Month after month when asking about the projects and the timelines the answer was "we're still analyzing the situation. We'll have something for you soon". So I quit that place, went to a different place that had some needs that fit my skills. But they weren't so organized either. So for another year I pretty much sat and did nothing while they said "we'll have a project for you soon". I just lost all enthusiasm. I'm certainly capable of identifying needs and working on solutions without someone telling me to. But when you've been doing that for a couple years and nobody really cares one way or the other you get the feeling you're wasting your time.
Well, I resigned from a STEM job in tech as an Engineering Manager after 13 years in the field. The last 5 of those years searching for the enthusiasm that never came. Despite the good pay and benefits, I resigned and now want to study to become a clinical psychologist as it's always been something I believe im quite passionate about on a level that goes deeper than tech. Most of the tech jobs now are so boring and repetitive. I realised that money is not directly related to happiness, at least not in my case. I have more money now than I ever have before, yet, feel at a fairly low point than previously. Apathy has set in and I realised I needed to just quit and try something new. I'm fortunate enough to have savings and sold all of the stuff that I didn't need to fund time off. I am curious to see a version of me that is taking better care of myself - what kind of husband and father would that person be? I would like to find out.
I guess the main problem in changing career is financially costly hence why people are stuck. When you got mortgage payments, a wife and kids working at minimum wage is not going to cut it.
I’ve been feeling a sense of apathy towards excellence at work lately. I do my job as per what is required of me and when someone asks for help on something I’m open to assist but otherwise I opt to just do what’s necessary and then go about my day. I’m married and with young kids, work remotely from home, and am pretty much living the American dream. But, I just feel like what I do doesn’t really matter. It matters for my family, but not to the world. I recently took a personality test and it revealed I’m high in “openness”, and I can see that reflected in my desire for the arts. I just can’t imagine making money from writing or painting. So I feel like that’s pointless given my familial responsibilities. All in all, I feel stuck - but don’t necessarily think it’s my jobs fault. I just chose starting/caring for a family over a passionate and fulfilling career. Weirdly, I feel like the person on the opposite end of the line may long for what I have. I don’t know. Life is unpredictable.
I still like the tech work I do (web development) but after 15 years of working for companies from startups to Microsoft, and being laid off more often than I've quit, I have no desire to work for a company ever again. Non-profits don't have the money to pay me what my skills and experience are worth. Someone suggested working for the government or a university, but those have issues of their own. I honestly have semi-pro-to-pro level photography skills, but I'm not good at self promotion so finding work (weddings, mainly) is likely very difficult. My "hope gauge" has been on empty since my last layoff two years ago. Sucks.
There is also the option of moving into the public sector. The pay is not amazing, but as a county employee at least I don't feel like I'm working in a shark tank, having to watch my back all the time. I enjoy these videos, but they sorta make Corporate sound !ike a living Hell.
I have 2 useless college degrees. I learned in AA that we are not bad people trying to good but rather sick people trying to get well. There are so many sick people in the world today. How do you get so many sick people well?
It would definitely go a long way to have some metrics to measure how deep into the burnout one has gotten and how much more one could/can take… I wonder if it’s even possible. It’s taken a lot of time (years) to get onto the road to recovery… but know it’s possible.
I found out in my last job in cybersecurity it becomes kind of repetitive or very toxic and terrible management and mental stress. Always have multiple careers.
I went through such toil to get my bachelor's in computer science, be it hurricanes, earthquakes and a litany of strikes that paralyzed the college system. Seven years of toil to then end up with a lowly Help Desk job on a Platform as a Service with a no-code/low-code dogma. A surefire fool I was thinking after one year I could get into a more technical position. But nope, now I am doing manual testing for the same Platform with no programming involved. I am already taking steps in studying and specializing in Embedded Systems.
Given the job market, I'm trying to keep studying and pursuing tech IT knowledge with no expectation of a job. Motivation without financial incentive is a steep mountain to climb.
I think the bigger problem is that the job that I have should be enough to meet my basic needs but nobody is paying properly and that will fast track the burn out.
