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I've noticed (with the help of family members and my SO) that I've become very negative, cynical and drained lately. Reading about burnout, I find all of the symptoms to be true for myself.

My job requires me to work on a single project full-time, and a couple of small side-projects. The management of the project is very chaotic and I feel more and more inadequate for my position. Priorities constantly change and just looking at the week's schedule in Monday, I can tell the we're not going meet the set goal by Friday. It has been like that for more than a year. It doesn't help that I've become very pessimistic about the main project's future.

Outside of work, I don't have much free time. The little I have, I try to spend with my loved ones. Hobbies and other interests are on the back burner.

As the title implies, I don't have the option of quitting or taking a sabbatical at the moment.

I know kbin is not a replacement for therapy but I was just wondering if anyone has been through this and found anything helpful other that distancing from their current workplace.

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[–] JoeKrogan 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Can you increase your estimates for the work to give yourself some breathing space or ask to be transferred to another project or perhaps you can get an extra person to take some of the load to free you up ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You pinpointed all the pain points at my workplace. We are a startup, understaffed, in my opinion, and long estimates are frowned upon. Our main project is what we were hired for, so transferring is also not an option.

Thanks for chiming in!

[–] JoeKrogan 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry to hear that. Realistically you are only one person and can only do so much. If I'm getting pressed for different things I put the decision on the pm . you can have x now but it means I'll have to put y on hold.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago