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Re:The Burnout Machine by jimbokun on Thursday March 20, 2025 @05:42PM (#43429315)
I think burnout is Cool Hand Luke being forced to dig a ditch and fill it back up again, for days.

It’s putting in effort without seeing anything concrete to show for it.

If you tar a roof, you can see a roof that will keep out the rain. If you cook a meal, you see someone who was hungry but now full. A lot of jobs don’t have that feedback loop.

Re:The Burnout Machine by dxxth on Thursday March 20, 2025 @06:11PM (#43429589)
I think too, is the cost of taking work home.

Many jobs, including construction, service jobs, even many medical jobs, do not require even the thought of work outside of working hours.

Anecdotally many in these positions that I am friends with will attest that it's great to get off work and pretend work didn't happen and go on with their real life, because they don't have deadlines or projects to stress over, arduous performance reviews, or extensive office politicking and empire-building.