When Doing Your Best Bites You on The Ass

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ago. And the last straw for her is there is no place to put an assistant which she badly needs. No spare square footage whatsoever left unused, even after they recently rented a storage unit to house their records, etc.In short, their growth has created an untenable situation for her that is leaving her biting at the bit to exit the door.She recently submitted her updated resume to 9 other local companies and has asked us to pray fervently for one of these to come through soon.Can you relate, because I can.Isn’t that the way it goes? If you’re a conscientious worker with a great work ethic you give your best — every day. Your boss sees this and soon you’re promoted. All looks and feels wonderful! Your hard work has paid off so it’s the American dream come true — unless you burnout.She finally found someone qualified to become her assistant after interviewing dozens of somewhat qualified applicants over a long four month period. The interviewing and testing was tiresome. But the woman she finally hired is a great fit for the job. A quick learner with a positive vibrant personality; a real go getter, but they had to put her in an oversized closet for the time being. Hopefully she can manage this as time goes by. Or, they can give her our daughter’s office after she leaves.What has surprised me the most is that our daughter is now looking for a lesser position. She’s no longer interested in being the big boss. No directorships in her future anymore — Bye bye 6 figure salary. She’s also looking for positions where she can work from home. Hmm, doesn’t this sound familiar? From what I’ve read this has bec

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ome a trend across the country. Why commute to an office if you can perform your job remotely? As it is she drives from one end of town to the other everyday and she’s sick of it. — She’s fed up with the traffic tie ups, the nearly missed accidents with distracted drivers, the constant detours due to road construction.When she hired on with the company they told her they would be relocating within a year to her side of town. Well that idea was a a real selling point for her but it’s dragged on for over two years now with no more talks about doing it because the parent company doesn’t agree. It seems rents and lease prices have gone sky high around here.Will she find something for a lesser salary that will fit her qualifications? I have little doubt she will, but it won’t happen overnight. So our job now is to help her stay patient as she drags herself back and forth to a job that’s driving her crazy. Luckily she and her husband can afford for her to take lesser pay so she’s fortunate there. Her husband has also said her leaving this job will save their marriage. No doubt the long hours and stress have been hard on everyone. Now if she can just fight through the fatigue, the sleepless nights, and the headaches she’s started to have, all will end well.Burnout is no joke.I’m glad she’s learned that all that glitters is NOT gold. Big job responsibilities come with equal shares of stress and burn-out is a common by-product that often accompanies the big, coveted corner office with a view. It’s a sad reality that’s ending her ‘once upon a time’ dream job.Thank you for reading and thoughtful writing everyone.</article></body>

When you’re the best at your job it can lead to dreaded burnout

At present our daughter is looking for a new position with a different company because she’s totally burned out with hers. In March she was appointed director of HR for a rapidly expanding company that unfortunately out grew its facility a year ago.

She’s been with the company for 4 years and she began as a mere HR analyst. She performed so well at that position they promoted her to the head of HR a year and half later. Then six months ago they promoted her again to the esteemed position of director of HR. Of course each new title came with a hefty bump in salary and other perks that excited her and kept her going.

Of course we’re very proud of her success, but we also miss her. It’s like over time her whole life became her job! She hasn’t been available to take our calls at work in months and sometimes even at home, and she has had to turn down our invites to lunch on weekdays because she’s just too busy. On weekends they have family plans, or she’s exhausted and just wants to stay home and chill.

Since she started there the company has grown from 240 employees to over 800 at present. However, they’ve stayed in the same location which began to burst at the seams a year ago. And the last straw for her is there is no place to put an assistant which she badly needs. No spare square footage whatsoever left unused, even after they recently rented a storage unit to house their records, etc.

In short, their growth has created an untenable situation for her that is leaving her biting at the bit to exit the door.

She recently submitted her updated resume to 9 other local companies and has asked us to pray fervently for one of these to come through soon.

Can you relate, because I can.

Isn’t that the way it goes? If you’re a conscientious worker with a great work ethic you give your best — every day. Your boss sees this and soon you’re promoted. All looks and feels wonderful! Your hard work has paid off so it’s the American dream come true — unless you burnout.

She finally found someone qualified to become her assistant after interviewing dozens of somewhat qualified applicants over a long four month period. The interviewing and testing was tiresome. But the woman she finally hired is a great fit for the job. A quick learner with a positive vibrant personality; a real go getter, but they had to put her in an oversized closet for the time being. Hopefully she can manage this as time goes by. Or, they can give her our daughter’s office after she leaves.

What has surprised me the most is that our daughter is now looking for a lesser position. She’s no longer interested in being the big boss. No directorships in her future anymore — Bye bye 6 figure salary. She’s also looking for positions where she can work from home. Hmm, doesn’t this sound familiar? From what I’ve read this has become a trend across the country. Why commute to an office if you can perform your job remotely? As it is she drives from one end of town to the other everyday and she’s sick of it. — She’s fed up with the traffic tie ups, the nearly missed accidents with distracted drivers, the constant detours due to road construction.

When she hired on with the company they told her they would be relocating within a year to her side of town. Well that idea was a a real selling point for her but it’s dragged on for over two years now with no more talks about doing it because the parent company doesn’t agree. It seems rents and lease prices have gone sky high around here.

Will she find something for a lesser salary that will fit her qualifications? I have little doubt she will, but it won’t happen overnight. So our job now is to help her stay patient as she drags herself back and forth to a job that’s driving her crazy. Luckily she and her husband can afford for her to take lesser pay so she’s fortunate there. Her husband has also said her leaving this job will save their marriage. No doubt the long hours and stress have been hard on everyone. Now if she can just fight through the fatigue, the sleepless nights, and the headaches she’s started to have, all will end well.

Burnout is no joke.

I’m glad she’s learned that all that glitters is NOT gold. Big job responsibilities come with equal shares of stress and burn-out is a common by-product that often accompanies the big, coveted corner office with a view. It’s a sad reality that’s ending her ‘once upon a time’ dream job.

Thank you for reading and thoughtful writing everyone.