Jyo Iyer
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We are anxious to demonstrate to potential employers, and to ourselves, that we are work saints. Like divine election, this type of status is an abstract condition that we cannot assign to ourselves, but one we hope others will recognize.
Your work is not your god: welcome to the age of the burnout epidemic | Life and style | The GuardianTextile mill workers in Manchester, England, or Lowell, Massachusetts, two centuries ago worked for longer hours than the typical British or American worker today, and they did so in dangerous conditions. They were exhausted, but they did not have the 21st-century psychological condition we call burnout, because they did not believe their work was the path to self-actualization.
Your work is not your god: welcome to the age of the burnout epidemic | Life and style | The GuardianWorsening labor conditions, including more emotional intensity and less security than mid-20th-century work, only tell half the story of why burnout is so prevalent in our society. Burnout is characteristic of our age because the gap between our shared ideals about work and the reality of our jobs is greater now than it was in the past.
Your work is not your god: welcome to the age of the burnout epidemic | Life and style | The Guardian