Re:Ask HN: Discuss burnout with boss?
by maratd on Thursday October 22, 2015 @01:46PM
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This isn't black and white. The options aren't sabbatical or disaster.
Time off is not a solution. The problem will simply resurface when the person comes back.
The solution is to re-organize the work. Hire an additional person, if needed. Add work that the employee will enjoy and that will be relaxing. That's a solution.
If the company isn't interested in solutions, then the solution for the employee is still not a sabbatical. The solution is to quit and find a company that isn't so myopic.
Time off is not a solution. The problem will simply resurface when the person comes back.
The solution is to re-organize the work. Hire an additional person, if needed. Add work that the employee will enjoy and that will be relaxing. That's a solution.
If the company isn't interested in solutions, then the solution for the employee is still not a sabbatical. The solution is to quit and find a company that isn't so myopic.