<story><title>Preventing Burnout: A Manager&apos;s Toolkit</title><url>https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2022/05/03/preventing-burnout-a-managers-toolkit/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>BlargMcLarg</author><text>All the &amp;quot;strategies&amp;quot; (really just tips) follow the same pattern of either tunneling on overwork as a cause, treating symptoms or pathos.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Sid and Michelle emphasized that the earlier a manager can identify burnout the better.&lt;p&gt;Honestly, at the point of identification, you&amp;#x27;re likely too late. Especially for something as insidious as burnout, which can last for years and not show any symptoms before it is beyond the point of no return.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;GitLab team members are often under a lot of pressure.&lt;p&gt;So stop putting them under a lot of pressure. The second tip hints at this, but it only seems to be a reactionary measure. Maybe all this goalsetting, OKRs and such is exactly the problem with the industry, always having to feel pressured to an extreme by metrics and stats which effectively mean nothing, when most people just want to put in an honest day&amp;#x27;s work and progress.&lt;p&gt;Maybe it&amp;#x27;s time to admit corporations went too far pressuring the average worker to worry over every little detail.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>y-c-o-m-b</author><text>&amp;gt; So stop putting them under a lot of pressure. The second tip hints at this, but it only seems to be a reactionary measure. Maybe all this goalsetting, OKRs and such is exactly the problem with the industry, always having to feel pressured to an extreme by metrics and stats which effectively mean nothing, when most people just want to put in an honest day&amp;#x27;s work and progress.&lt;p&gt;You nailed it. The entire article can be summed up by your statement. It&amp;#x27;s great they&amp;#x27;re acknowledging it, but putting corporate make-up on it is cringey; it almost comes off like we are the problem and not the other way around.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t give a damn about &amp;quot;drinking the kool-aid&amp;quot; and I don&amp;#x27;t give a damn about your business theatrics nor the political drama that goes with it. Give me work to do and leave me alone to do it. That&amp;#x27;ll solve a lot of the burn-out.</text></comment>
<story><title>Preventing Burnout: A Manager&apos;s Toolkit</title><url>https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2022/05/03/preventing-burnout-a-managers-toolkit/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>BlargMcLarg</author><text>All the &amp;quot;strategies&amp;quot; (really just tips) follow the same pattern of either tunneling on overwork as a cause, treating symptoms or pathos.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Sid and Michelle emphasized that the earlier a manager can identify burnout the better.&lt;p&gt;Honestly, at the point of identification, you&amp;#x27;re likely too late. Especially for something as insidious as burnout, which can last for years and not show any symptoms before it is beyond the point of no return.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;GitLab team members are often under a lot of pressure.&lt;p&gt;So stop putting them under a lot of pressure. The second tip hints at this, but it only seems to be a reactionary measure. Maybe all this goalsetting, OKRs and such is exactly the problem with the industry, always having to feel pressured to an extreme by metrics and stats which effectively mean nothing, when most people just want to put in an honest day&amp;#x27;s work and progress.&lt;p&gt;Maybe it&amp;#x27;s time to admit corporations went too far pressuring the average worker to worry over every little detail.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>twh270</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d shorten that to &amp;quot;Maybe it&amp;#x27;s time to admit corporations went too far pressuring the average worker&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;It took me a long time to realize it, but work&amp;#x2F;life balance in the U.S. is weighted far too heavily in favor of business, at the expense of the individual and their family and community.</text></comment>