Job burnout - have you ever had it?

[CCrox24]

Did you leave your job? Did you stay?

[Kitty]

What exactly do you mean by "job burnout"? I get burn out, but I usually just take a vacation and I'm fine.

[Winter Storm]

Yeah, I normally just have a few beers and I'm over it.

[mishl982]

Yea I get overwhelmed at work, but I just take some me time in the evening or weekend and I'm fine.

[CTGirl]

I think that's what you call what happened to me at my current job. Most people get burnt out by the stress of a job, but I think I got burnt out by the boredom and monotony of it. I just lost my motivation and didn't really care about my job most of the time, which is unfortunate, cuz there are a lot of aspect of this job I like, but those are kinda ruined by the boredom.

Guess its a good thing I'm getting downsized, lol!

[MetFanL]

Yes, it has happened to me. I've stayed in the same office, but definitely addressed it w/ my boss... It usually results in a new position, new responsibilities, etc. A change always helps... Sometimes it just delays the inevitable, but that hasn't happened to me yet.

[SmilesSoSweet]

I get job burn outs a lot. It comes with the terrority of being in my profession. The building industry will be rapidly growing and clients want their plans ASAP so that they can get construction going. Then there are times when things slow down. It comes and goes and I just deal with it.

I left my last job not because of job burn out but because I wasn't making enough money to work those long hours and I wasn't liking the whole my boss's wife works on the same team and she gets away with everything!

[Kitty]

I left my last job not because of job burn out but because I wasn't making enough money to work those long hours and I wasn't liking the whole my boss's wife works on the same team and she gets away with everything!

Interesting. I noticed the same thing in that industry - there's a ton of people that are married and work together. What's up with that?

[SmilesSoSweet]

Interesting. I noticed the same thing in that industry - there's a ton of people that are married and work together. What's up with that?

I don't know, but I think this was really an extreme case because this lady is PSYCHO! No joke. Within 18 months 8 people of an 11 person team left. Mainly for "other" reasons, but she did come up as one of the reasons too.

[Still Looking]

Yep, I have had this. My job was an extreme case of job burn-out because of the monotony. I dealt with it for about 1.5 years and then threw in the towel! Taking a vacation did not help, it just made it worse.

[Irish79]

Yes, and I did end up quitting and finding a job that is much better for me.

[asm198]

I left my last job because of burnout. I was sick of the nonsense and realized that I was putting too much of myself into my job and it was making everyone in my personal life completely miserable.

[winneythepooh7]

My last job was horrible and I left it and I am much happier. I was beyond "burn out" though at that place. I was basically on the verge of a breakdown.

[Still Looking]

Oh yeah, I know exactly what you mean by being on the verge of a breakdown. The best thing to do, I have found, is to remove yourself from the situation when that happens. In my case, I removed myself from the situation by handing over the good ole "letter of resignation!"
Life is too short to put up with that bs.

[NewMrs.]

Job burnout has been the theme of my "career." Two and a half years ago when I left my previous job, I was on the verge of a breakdown there for a whole bunch of reason, including the fact that I had been there for four years and was extremely underpaid. I got to resign when I found my current job, and at that time I was sooo happy. The job I am at now pays about twice as much and the work is somewhat more interesting, even though it is in the same industry. When I found this job, I was extremely happy and felt very fortunate. Now I am burnt out again and I want to leave the industry altogether. I am so stressed out every day when I come home from work, and sometime in the evening I break down crying. My husband has told me that it is okay with him if I take a cut in pay to find a job that is less stressful. I have started looking around, but at the same time I feel like a spoiled little girl to consider doing something like that to him. At the same time, I know that I will be a better wife if I am actually happy with my job, and a cut in pay seems like a small price to pay to have a better marriage.

[Still Looking]

Same thoughts here....I hate the assholes / backstabbers in my industry! I am ready to bail out as soon as possible but I don't know what else to do! And you are right, a pay cut is a small price to pay for a better marriage. It is not worth it to be miserable every single day you come home from work and then dread Monday morning all day Sunday!

[capella]

When you work 60-70 hours a week and are only paid for 37.5 and you are expected to cure the ills of society while testing more than teaching, dealing with crappy parents, with little to no resources and having to pay out of pocket for materials to do your job........ yeah, you get burn out.

I am constantly burned out. People love to tell me how great my job is because I get "all that time off" but if I didn't then I would quit or have a nervous breakdown or just plain throw worksheets at kids all day long.

Seriously. I have thought about quitting every week since I started at this new school in mid-July. I worked until 8:30 tonight. Yep. 7 am -8:30 pm. You read that correctly. I would have brought it all home anyhow so I just stayed and knocked a few things out. I will probably go to bed soon and try to get in early tomorrow. I will probably have to stay late tomorrow too. I am taking Friday off though. I am going to Clearwater for the weekend. Screw work!

I have to say, though, that having too much to do is much, much better than not having enough to do at work. By FAR. My first job out of college was like that. NOTHING to do. Ever. It was horrible. I wanted to poke my eyes out with a pencil. I am thankful that my current job keeps me on my toes. I just wish I weren't so close to falling over all the time. :rolleyes:

[asm198]

The reason for my burnout was that I was expected to do the job of three people, plus my boss' job. I was the golden child, who knew her shit and wasn't afraid to challenge my bosses. I was the trainer for half the staff and knew how to do 75% of the jobs in my place of business. I was the one who would be called in when we had VIPs coming in unexpectedly, because I could deliver and make the place look kick ass.

Then, management decided that when I was working alone that I was not only not allowed to have a lunch break, I wasn't allowed to have any breaks at all. Because I had to be 'on call' at all times and me smoking out front, where I could keep an eye on things, was tacky. The last straw was when they asked if I could maybe not take bathroom breaks, either. That and the stealing accusation.

I wasn't planning to quit when I did. I walked in one day and was immediately bombarded with questions about why I didn't do my co-worker's job and I blurted out that I was quitting. They asked why and I point blank told them exactly why. They asked what they had to do to keep me and I told them they needed to fire half the staff and start over and if they were willing to do that, I'd stay and be fine with working extra hours. They said they couldn't do that and I said that I was giving my two weeks.

They had me put it in writing and I did. I had only felt better about quitting one other job in my life. And I don't regret the dedision, but I regret that they were too pansy assed to make the hard decisions because they were desperate.

[ywt]

Definitely experiencing burn out at the moment. I'm doing 4 people's jobs because several people left, but since we're a gov't agency and in a hiring freeze we have to "pick up the slack." Though that seems to mean that Mr. Ywt gets to pick up the jobs of all the people that left and no one else takes on any additional responsibility because, "we know you'll get it all done."

Thanks.

[yankeeyosh]

I think that's what you call what happened to me at my current job. Most people get burnt out by the stress of a job, but I think I got burnt out by the boredom and monotony of it. I just lost my motivation and didn't really care about my job most of the time, which is unfortunate, cuz there are a lot of aspect of this job I like, but those are kinda ruined by the boredom.

Guess its a good thing I'm getting downsized, lol!

Ditto. xtrachars

[cameralady]

I'm suffering from a bad case of burnout now. Not even a trip to see my friends out of town this weekend was enough to cheer me up completely.

I would quit if I could. I've been applying for other jobs and have gone on two interviews so far. I don't know how to keep my sanity in the meantime (aside from dropkicking the copier). :madder:

[sondra_finchley]

I did burn out- and spent probably the past two years at least completely miserable, depressed, exhausted in a place I hated living in because I didnt know what I wanted to do/was scared to move alone/didnt have the money together. I finally got my act together last fall, but for 9 months it was a fight to keep it together at work- I was always angry at everything, never smiled, no one wanted to hang out with me. My work suffered immensely even though I thought by taking on more I would forget about everything and just get through the days. I was doing lots of technical analysis stuff for a lot of different departments whilst keeping a bunch of interns in check, AND getting paid about half what I should have been making, with NO benefits or vacation time or anything. I resigned in June and left the country for four months to recuperate and to move- Im doing far FAR better where I am now, even though Im still in the job-search process. I would have been useless to hire back in June, I needed the time that I took and explain that to potential employers. Frankly I think it shines through when I talk on the phone in interviews or in person, and for that Im glad. Feel ready again to delve back into corporate America and working as I do enjoy what I do, but I just didnt need so much of it. Or the treatment.

[Goldeneye]

I've had it before, 2 to 3 years ago with jobs that really soured in relation to backstabbers, office politics and policy changes.

Life is way too short for job burnout, since extremely poor health habits will almost undoubtedly arise from such.

[lamer35]

I've had it before, 2 to 3 years ago with jobs that really soured in relation to backstabbers, office politics and policy changes.


I'm going through a similar experience now but am hesistant to quit because I can't find anything else and jobs in my field are slight in my field...

[ya never know..]

I think that's what you call what happened to me at my current job. Most people get burnt out by the stress of a job, but I think I got burnt out by the boredom and monotony of it.

I SO agree with that!!! I've been there for 2 1/2 years, still as boring as the first day. Nothing else around here, so guess I'm stuck, huh?

[Jersey_Steve]

I feel burnt-out, but I think it's because I'm an egotistical jerk who feels that I went to school to get out of manual labor. But now at my job, I'm an engineer, and no one tells you that as a robotics engineer in my company, you are packing and unpacking 50 to 100 pound robots all day long. I didn't go to college for that.

I'm going to have to quit. It's a small company, and there's nothing to really get "promoted" to. Upper management is controlled by the family (The old man owns the place, The son is the President, the daughter is head of accounting, etc...).