I hate my job
January 20, 2009
Burnout used to be so much easier to handle. Getting things done, meeting deadlines, juggling a hundred different conversations, everything that is involved in navigating the modern workplace. It was stressful yes, and we would complain. But it is different now.
The GFC knocked the economic world off its axis and has taken us with it. The office now seems gripped by a collective shock-induced psychosis. It seems every conversation is infused with a frantic exploration of each persons depth of fear: What now? How bad will it be? How are things at your place?
To add to all this, it the work itself has turned from positive, productive future building to anxious, defensive plays: postponing projects, checking balance sheets, calling creditors, shoring up what might be left of the strategies that were going to take the company to the next level but are now full of holes.
It is, in short, depressing. Literally. Read more
