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Beyond Burnout

I am literally waiting for my boss to get back from vacation so I can put in my notice. I'm not even going to give two weeks. A year ago, I accepted this position after being with my former employer for 14 years. I was pretty burned out, ridiculously underpaid, and my workload had nearly doubled since the pandemic started. I needed a change. This new job offered me significantly higher salary and excellent benefits. I was very thorough during interviews, asking many questions about the job and culture. I thought I made an informed decision. Here I am , a year later, so beyond burnout that I can hardly do the bare minimum required of this position. There is not enough staff in my unit to do everything that needs to be done. And the culture is so toxic, it is so chaotic here, everything is a drama. I…


I am literally waiting for my boss to get back from vacation so I can put in my notice. I'm not even going to give two weeks.

A year ago, I accepted this position after being with my former employer for 14 years. I was pretty burned out, ridiculously underpaid, and my workload had nearly doubled since the pandemic started. I needed a change. This new job offered me significantly higher salary and excellent benefits. I was very thorough during interviews, asking many questions about the job and culture. I thought I made an informed decision.

Here I am , a year later, so beyond burnout that I can hardly do the bare minimum required of this position. There is not enough staff in my unit to do everything that needs to be done. And the culture is so toxic, it is so chaotic here, everything is a drama. I went from being the kind of professional who approaches all interactions with positivity, to being afraid to say or do anything because I keep being told there are “concerns” but no one will elaborate? What kind of fuckery is this? It's awful, I can't do it anymore.

I don't want to work anymore. It's so sick that we have to take these jobs just to keep a roof over our heads and food in our bellies. And we're supposed to act all happy and grateful to be there. This society has literally given us no choice. I used to be an active, creative person. Now I just go home and drink. Anyway, if you got this far, thanks for reading.

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