#employee-burnout

#employee-burnout

Many startups in the US are adopting the '996' work schedule, a demanding 72-hour week, becoming widespread despite its controversial reputation and ties to worker exploitation in China.

"When time off is undefined, the good ones don't take PTO. The bad ones take too much. This leads to A-performer burnout. B-performer luxuries. And feelings of unfairness across the board."

"Leadership is becoming a tougher job every day. While organizations can't control the deluge of external challenges they face this year, strategic HR executives can build resilience by using trusted people analytics to forecast needs, build their bench, and reinvigorate the next generation of leaders."

"We just killed unlimited PTO at Bolt," its founder and CEO, Ryan Breslow has just revealed on LinkedIn. "It sounds progressive, but it's totally broken. When time off is undefined, the good ones don't take PTO. The bad ones take too much."

As employee burnout rates soar, companies are losing billions to decreased productivity, absenteeism and high turnover. Long hours and chronic stress are fueling a workplace health crisis.

Security isn't just about technology - it's about people. Security teams are made up of professionals with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, all working toward the same objective: stopping threats.

The business impact is substantial: decreased productivity as people work against their natural strengths, costing U.S. companies between $450 and $550 billion annually in lost productivity.

To address repetitive tasks and workload, transitioning to automation helped me offload 50% of my manual business tasks, leading to improved efficiency and reduced employee burnout.

Max shared that the monitoring system began as a casual tracking method but evolved into an oppressive experience, eliminating any sense of downtime at work.