Within the past year or two — especially during the later months of the COVID-19 pandemic — burnout has hit so many. If you yourself don't feel burned out, chances are you know a handful of people who are.
Together, the findings tell a story of already-overwhelmed Americans reaching their breaking point.
About 3/5 of respondents said they felt at least somewhat burned out, and 35% said they were very or extremely burned out. 👇 businessinsider.com/american-burno…
Much of that burnout has developed recently.
Of the respondents who said they were at least a little burned out, nearly half said those feelings developed within the last few months.👇 businessinsider.com/american-burno…
There's also a stark gender gap in self-reported burnout.
Men were twice as likely to say they felt no burnout at all.
68% of female respondents said they were at least somewhat burned out, compared to only 55% of male respondents.👇 businessinsider.com/american-burno…
When asked if they could lead a healthy, balanced lifestyle within the current boundaries of their jobs, about two-thirds of respondents said they were able to maintain a work-life balance. businessinsider.com/american-burno…
Many Americans have begun thinking about changing their career paths. About one-quarter of respondents said they were either actively or passively looking to leave their job. businessinsider.com/american-burno…
Those who took the survey were asked many questions that ranged from if they felt support from their work colleagues to if they had lost any motivation.
Today, wacky C-suite titles are all the rage. Chief amazement officers, chief heart officers, and chief empathy officers are popping up across companies. businessinsider.com/companies-inve…
Your company might operate more compassionately because it hired a chief heart officer, but at the end of the day it's still a business, and that person can still fire you, Limsky writes. businessinsider.com/companies-inve…
Remote work sparked a surge in whistleblower complaints. There's more free time, less risk, and more support to call out wrongdoing when you work from home.
@BrittaLokting explains why so many remote workers are deciding to squeal on their companies. ⬇️
In 2017, Simon Edelman blew the whistle on his former employer, the US Department of Energy, as he leaked photographs to the news site @inthesetimesmag of a meeting between the Energy Secretary Rick Perry and the CEO of one of the largest coal companies.
Data from the Yellowstone Wolf Project hints that it's just the side effect of a protozoan inhabiting our brains in a failed attempt to make more protozoa, Adam Rogers (@jetjocko) writes. ⬇️ businessinsider.com/parasite-cat-f…
Curious about what motivates a wolf to leave its pack, Kira Cassidy, a field biologist with the Yellowstone Wolf Project, and her team hypothesized that a parasitic infection was egging them along. Specifically, a microorganism called Toxoplasma gondii. businessinsider.com/parasite-cat-f…
Toxo, as it's colloquially known, reproduces in cat species but leaps to other hosts like rats, hyena, people, and wolves. Once it takes up residence in a new animal, it’s linked to weird behavior — much of it spurred by an elevated appetite for risk. businessinsider.com/parasite-cat-f…