I feel the burnout acutely. All I can do after work is fall face first on the bed. That's what most of my days are like. Work, takeout, and bed. I don't know how people with families do it.
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If you are a man, then stop complaining. I truly believe a man is not supposed to complain. Go thru thr tough times yourself and get thru it. That's what makes you a man. Don't overshare
Cisco is chaos, plain and simple.
They are a slave to making dividends at ALL COSTS.
Excessive cuts negate any progress. Workers are asked to create with little to no manpower and restrictive funds.
All the good talent is gone, the remaining people are old veterans who remain are slipping from the heaping loads of stress and overworked. Red badges making peanuts are either too afraid to leave, or are just mediocre.
I still believe this company is one of the best short possibilities in the market.
There is an ELT Apple fan boy driving Cisco into the ground with his turn a 40 year old established company into a startup mentality.
You mean the process that took 1970s companies like Apple, and Microsoft to the numbers one and three most valuable tech companies?
It's not the trying to lead that's the problem, it's the inability to lead.
...working at this company is a breeze...
Only if you have no talent that you want to keep.
Mate, get yourself a job you can handle instead of whinging … working at this company is a breeze and the fact you have posted says to me you should be in the next round … waste of space
Your mental health is way more important than your career will ever be.
"You need to learn the skills required at Cisco, that is to pretend that you are busy and do as little as possible and get as much credit as possible."
Unfortunately, the skills & projects at Cisco are not marketable in 2024. Maybe how to use high-level buzzwords and manipulate people?
Clone, yes clone yourself, simple fix
It's a post-layoff feeling. Everyone's going through it, most people just don't talk about it much.
Everyone gets moved around, you lose a bunch of people, anything you're working on becomes as scattered as pizza in a fan blade.
Maybe take a sabatical for the shut down? A week before and a week after might help.
You need to learn the skills required at Cisco, that is to pretend that you are busy and do as little as possible and get as much credit as possible. I have worked on projects and worked inhuman hours but the project failed or got cancelled. Unfortunately with this kind of inhuman hours, it is impossible to find time to look for another job or do we well in interviews.
Took me 30 years of trial & error to figure this out:
- Find your limits: I can work two weekends straight (plus regular working hours) but need a break on that third weekend. Yours may be different, but find it then don't violate your limits.
- Exercise is stress relief. Set aside 30-45 minutes EVERY DAY right around dinner time for cardio (run/treadmill or bike/spin). Tell yourself this is the end of day, anything you do after that will be bonus points (I always did additional work after, but I told myself I was getting ahead for the next day). Exercise is medicine.
- Be sure to set aside at least 45 min of "chill out" time before going to sleep, avoid any caffeine after mid-afternoon.
- I constantly told myself the phrase "I can only do what I can do". Sounds silly, but the reminder that you are not responsible for everything that happens reduces stress.
Take Care of You!
With unlimited PTO, work alternate days, shut down laptop other non- working days. Basically you get done the same amount of work, without the burnout and mental health.
Welcome to the club. Get out while you can. Its a slave driven culture now
set limits and you'll get pushed out. maybe the key is to find organizations that respect limits & boundaries? corporate america is not that place
It's the food. Focus on what you can control. Diet is important in managing mental health. You are a bag of chemicals. You can influence the composition of that. Those chemicals are what you identify as feelings18
i wouldn't say that you shouldn't care. i think you just have to focus on setting limits.
do your eight and hit the gate
Narcissists thrive in this environment. They don't care about family, burnout, or harming others. It's essentially a filtering system.
There is an ELT Apple fan boy driving Cisco into the ground with his turn a 40 year old established company into a startup mentality.
Cisco (or any company) will take as much from you as you allow.
The key is to not care. See how much an equivalent grade is doing and do just a bit more