Gravitas Plus: Do you feel burnt out? Watch this

I have never seen a news channel talking about this which is very important Thanks Wion & Palki for this amazing performance 💞

I quit my job 3 months back after working for 14 years straight. I had never been this healthy & happy . There’s no reason for you to be burnt out and continue risking your life, if your reason is the mortgage , sell your stupid house and live peacefully in a small rented house . As long as your alive, you can achieve whatever you want to

But the reality is that employers/HRs don't consider burn out as a valid reason. They take it as a negative aspect of the employee.

Thanks, Palki. You just talked me out of finishing the job application I started yesterday. I'm retired, living on a small pension, and could use more money. But I could tell by the application, the job is going to be horrible. I don't need that.

The fear of loosing the job stops the employees from conveying their conditions of anxiety, fear etc. No trust or confidence on the manger and management is also another reason

I remember in the 60's. A man who pumped gas for a living could get a new car every 3 years, have a house and a vacation with his (stay-at-home) wife and 3 kids every year. Now, a person pumping gas full time can barely make enough money to take care of themselves.

This is why I watch your showed the real help

Timing of this video is so proper. I have been working 12-14 hrs each day for the past month. Sometimes I forget basic things or get zoned out during conversation, difficulty sleeping. Meditation helps.

I'm an engineering student at university and I'm burnt out. Taking classes online is way harder for me than it is taking them in person.

One of the BEST topics. I was made to work from 8 to 11, handling HR, Admin, Finance and even Project Mgt. I started facing Anciety attacks, Depression. I left job n never joined back. It literally drained all energy, confidence and motivation. Companies MUST take care of their employees, Bec more than being Workforce, they are human beings...on whom family depends. Palki ji, Dhanyāsmi 🙏🏼

Saying yes to each and every thing could result in burnout. High time people learnt to say no with confidence. 😎😎😎

Finally, we are talking about this situation. I recently left my job for the same reason.

I’m a die hard fan of this lady like many-many others. Every time she is bang on target.

Brilliant, as always! Loved the last line: "...whether or not INDEED a company is a GREAT PLACE TO WORK"... we all know where that phrase is coming from.

I'm in this situation right now. After being overworked, always being put as leader in every job, either I wanted or not, because my good performance and being one of the best but only recognized for it when the company needed something done but never recognized as an employee, neither to respect to rest time and day offs, nor sick leave, nor financially, nor respected my time off the job so I could study, making me lose classes and being overwhelmed in my education too, also lots of moral and emotional harassment, I ended bunt out several times in 20 years, which lead me to a severe depression that made me stay in a bed for almost 8 years and be completely dependent on my family. I have been treating the depression and anxiety disorder for 3 years now and I am pursuing a new career in another area. Now even if a company tried to exploit me like that, they couldn't, since I can't perform like I did before because I lost a lot of my capabilities and they never returned, like if my brain is permanently damaged. Even if I try to have the same performance as before, my brain simply can't do and I either go slower on things or I am unable to do them at all. It's like an incapacity that also works as protection against even more damage. I'm trying exactly to be an administrator now, since I'm a natural leader and I have being warning all places I have worked the same thing on your report, they need to fix the system, not force people into extreme all the time. Fix the organization, the work distribution etc. Since they don't care, I realized that I must become the one in the lead with the power to control the decisions, instead to try to convince people that don't care. This way not only will make an even better performance and production, but also protect the people working and myself too. Go study about burn out and learn to avoid it for your own good, not only in work, but in life.

In IT burnout is very common, Palki missed the name of IT/ software Engineer where we work 12-13 hours and even more just to save our job. Sometimes people say in IT we have huge salary ,for those people please join and see how to survive, in IT we are doing our job on weekdays and learning new coding language on weekends them we get the chance to earn. Burnout is very common in IT industry because of cost cutting approach of companies.

I find only 3 reasons to work for someone else: 1. I am learning for my goal, 2. I am raising capital for my goal, and 3. My goal is now secured and I am doing charity for something I really believe in and which makes me happy. That said, ask yourself why are you working for some else? If you are working for someone else without knowing why, then it is time to revisit your definition of 'career' and compare that with 'slavery'

I am glad you bring this out, I’ve seen many examples, people gets very sick and many do not realize their “workacholic” attitude is hurting them. Balance, force time for excercises, walking outdoors, sleep 8 hours everyday, say NO to unhealthy extrahours. I learned the hard way when endup in a hospital and spent many months in physical therapy, don’t get to that point.

I love this channel... Especially this episodes as they focus on important matters and try to educate the society in lay man's language. Thank you Palki, you are the voice of many.

This was a burning issue in the past and continues to be so. Twenty six years back, I quit my job in private sector industries after serving four companies for twenty five years. Best option for the people who are experiencing burn out symptoms is to plan to work independently and quit the job. There’s no certainty that the next employer is more humane or sympathetic. If you disclose your burn out problem, that’s a negative factor for sure in the prospective employer’s book.