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Burnout: I left the office on a stretcher
Worked and worked some more until one day her heart rate hit the ceiling and her legs gave in.
I’ve never been a fan of the whole corporate career thing. The endless meetings, the soul-crushing workload, and the never-ending pressure to climb that proverbial ladder? No thanks. But even as an outsider to this world, I can’t help but notice the hidden costs that come with the corporate hustle. And let me tell you, they’re not pretty.
I bumped into a story on BusinessInsider.
Teresa, a VP at her company, shared her experience.
She was working relentlessly trying to do her job properly. Every day new tasks and more pressure. And Teresa was too afraid to tell her boss “no.”
Developing new training programs, improving the hiring pipeline, onboarding new hires … burnout was setting in, but she was intent on making her boss and the company happy. Until one day…
During an important meeting, her body swayed. Teresa heard her colleagues ask, “Teresa, should we call the ambulance?”
The next thing she knew, she was being transported to the lobby by someone pushing the stretcher.
We all want to be successful. We must push forward if we want to progress, right? But our bodies don’t care about our mantras, our…
