<story><title>One In Five Employees Is Highly Engaged and at Risk of Burnout (2018)</title><url>https://hbr.org/2018/02/1-in-5-highly-engaged-employees-is-at-risk-of-burnout</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jaden</author><text>It can be demoralizing to step back and ask yourself if what you do at work provides real value. And when you feel pressure to perform heroics to meet an arbitrary deadline, burnout is a real possibility.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s important make sure you&amp;#x27;re not sacrificing your wellbeing for the benefit of the company. Your physical and mental health are far too important.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CalRobert</author><text>&amp;quot;if what you do at work provides real value&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;My company makes things that are, I&amp;#x27;d argue, a net good to the world (we help make stuff more secure) - but honestly I find myself struggling more and more to care about anything that isn&amp;#x27;t addressing the climate or democratic breakdown the world faces.&lt;p&gt;Not rhetorical - genuine question: Does anyone else sit at their desk and think &amp;quot;but guys the ship is sinking, maybe we should worry about fixing the holes before we repaint the tennis court? guys? GUYS????&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is my problem really, not the company&amp;#x27;s, but I&amp;#x27;m not sure what to do.</text></comment>
<story><title>One In Five Employees Is Highly Engaged and at Risk of Burnout (2018)</title><url>https://hbr.org/2018/02/1-in-5-highly-engaged-employees-is-at-risk-of-burnout</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jaden</author><text>It can be demoralizing to step back and ask yourself if what you do at work provides real value. And when you feel pressure to perform heroics to meet an arbitrary deadline, burnout is a real possibility.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s important make sure you&amp;#x27;re not sacrificing your wellbeing for the benefit of the company. Your physical and mental health are far too important.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pmiller2</author><text>I’ve been there. Now, I’m working on something that is at least interesting, useful, and not fundamentally evil, while at the same time I rarely leave the office after about 6 and the deadlines are reasonable. The difference is night and day.</text></comment>