Bad jobs, burnout, and a better way
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This document discusses reasons why people take bad jobs and experience burnout. It notes high turnover rates in software and user experience fields. Reason 1 is that people take jobs for the wrong reasons like income rather than fit. Reason 2 is that people fixate on the bad rather than appreciating the good. Reason 3 is that people forget their own power and ability to choose jobs that suit them. The document advocates not settling for bad jobs, noticing the good things even when fixing problems, and remembering one's own power to choose work environments.
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- 1. Bad Jobs, Burnout— And a Better Way Will Sansbury Director—Agile Practice & User Experience Deluxe Corporation @willsansbury UX Hustle Summit 2019
- 2. 13.2%of people working in software change employers every year 23.3%of people working in user experience change employers every year (n.d.).These 3 Industries Have the HighestTalentTurnover Rates. Retrieved from https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/trends-and-research/2018/the-3- industries-with-the-highest-turnover-rates
- 5. Why do we fantasize about running away from a profession that we genuinely love?
- 6. burnout
- 7. Random: is it a career death sentence to quit a job without having another one lined up? July 30, 7:59 PM
- 8. We take bad jobs (for us). REASON #1
- 12. Will they want me? Is this a place that will be good for me?
- 13. $75,000 Income after which higher earnings do not correlate with stronger emotional wellbeing Kahneman and Deaton 2 $76,960 Average entry-level salary for User Experience Designers in the US (<1 year) GlassDoor 1 1 (n.d.). Salary: UX Designer. Retrieved from https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/ux-designer-salary-SRCH_KO0,11.htm 2 Kahneman, D., & Deaton,A. (2010, September 21). High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being. Retrieved from https://www.pnas.org/content/107/38/16489.full
- 14. [I]t is unlawful for private sector employers to prohibit [non-supervisory] employees from discussing wages and compensation, and it has been since the National Labor Relations Act was passed in 1935.” Herrera,T. (2018,August 31).WhyYou ShouldTellYour Co-Workers How Much MoneyYou Make. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/smarter- living/pay-secrecy-national-labor-rights-act.html “
- 15. We fixate on the bad. REASON #2
- 19. (wabi sabi)
- 21. Have no fear of perfection— you’ll never reach it. —Salvador Dalí
- 24. Pay attention. Keep notes. Send notes.
- 26. We forget our power. REASON #3
- 28. We cannot control the world, but we can control how we respond.
- 30. Don’t settle for a job that doesn’t offer what you’re looking for. Notice and celebrate the good even as you fix the bad. Remember you have power.
- 31. Thank you.
Editor's Notes
- Transition: money isn’t everything… but it’s not nothing, either.
- Internal and external locus of control Neither is bad – but what I’ve realized is nobody has entirely external locus of control. We’re all rather on the right than we think. Not to say there aren’t systemic issues in our world, and to Andrew’s “performatively woke” point, we all have different degrees of privilege or lack of privilege, and that’s real.