83% of Developers Suffer from Burnout, Haystack Analytics Study Finds

Re:83% of Developers Suffer from Burnout, Haystack Analytics... by Simon_O_Rourke on Thursday December 01, 2022 @07:52AM (#33815602)

I work at a company where employees get to choose three-weeks sabbatical (or paid equivalent) after reaching 7 years of tenure. Of those I know who took the sabbatical, a good proportion of maybe 20% to 30% come back off their break and promptly hand in their resignation.

Talking to my former manager who did this, he said that he never realized just how burnt out he was until he had some time on his hands at home. I think some folks just exist in a fog of burn-out and don't really notice it until they get a chance to stand back and evaluate their situation.

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Re:83% of Developers Suffer from Burnout, Haystack Analytics... by lcedp on Thursday December 01, 2022 @08:30AM (#33815956)

Another reason why people quit right after taking a sabbatical is because people willing to quit several months before the 7 years mark will postpone their decision.

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Re:83% of Developers Suffer from Burnout, Haystack Analytics... by Forge36 on Thursday December 01, 2022 @08:31AM (#33815969)

The term I've heard is sabati-quit

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Re:83% of Developers Suffer from Burnout, Haystack Analytics... by ohgodplsno on Thursday December 01, 2022 @08:44AM (#33816101)

This whole situation you're in is the very reason why everyone burns out. Three weeks is the kind of vacations I take yearly, whether there's a planned release at that date, or anything else. And so do all my coworkers.

America's dogshit work ethic and disrespect for workers is killing you.

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Re:83% of Developers Suffer from Burnout, Haystack Analytics... by zer0tonin on Thursday December 01, 2022 @08:59AM (#33816258)

In what world is 3 weeks a sabbatical? This is just a normal holiday

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Re:83% of Developers Suffer from Burnout, Haystack Analytics... by falcolas on Thursday December 01, 2022 @09:29AM (#33816649)

The one we live in, sadly.

Which country? US for sure. It wasn’t until my 5 year mark with my current company that I hit 4 weeks of combined PTO/sick leave. And due to a company policy, they didn’t match my prior vacation amount when I joined.

And per HR, our vacation policy is better than industry average.

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Re:83% of Developers Suffer from Burnout, Haystack Analytics... by rightbyte on Thursday December 01, 2022 @01:54PM (#33820816)

How many weeks of leave per year did you have? I guess less than three? Otherwise you would notice this each summmer or Christmas.

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