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Re:Petered (what happens after the Peter Principle) by hmokiguess on Sunday November 08, 2026 @09:56AM (#50413859)
Damn this sounds like an extremely unhealthy environment in general.

I experienced burnout before but dying because of work sounds very extreme.

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Re:Petered (what happens after the Peter Principle) by dfxm12 on Sunday November 08, 2026 @10:11AM (#50413967)
OP makes some big assumptions that is was because of work and not many reasons (even if work was one of them).
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Re:Petered (what happens after the Peter Principle) by hmokiguess on Sunday November 08, 2026 @10:49AM (#50414275)
Yeah that’s what I was thinking, if he is sure that work was the main driver then it sure must be horrible. That said, I trusted them since I am out of the loop.
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