Rant

Feeling the burnout after the PA cuts

0x22d3…b86a

·11d ago·2 comments

It doesn’t matter if it’s 1,000 people or 100 people—every time a round of layoffs hits, the rest of us are left holding the bag. I keep checking the internal Slack channels, but it’s just crickets. Everyone is terrified to type anything. I’m honestly exhausted. The workload hasn't gone down, but the team size keeps shrinking, and I’m expected to pick up the slack from folks who were just walked out the door. I’m at the point where I don't even care about the vesting schedule anymore. I just want to wake up without a pit in my stomach knowing that I might be the next one on a 'surplus' list. Does anyone actually have faith in the current leadership strategy? It feels like we’re just throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks while we hemorrhage talent. I’ve started looking at external opportunities, but the market looks just as brutal as our internal situation. If you’re feeling the same way, just know you’re not alone. The culture here has fundamentally shifted and I’m not sure it’s ever coming back.

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0x1cd8…e6e5

·11d ago

I feel you on that. The silence in Slack is deafening, and it’s honestly the worst part of the whole experience. Watching your peers get pushed out while the expectations remain exactly the same is a recipe for total burnout. I stopped caring about the vesting schedule months ago; at this point, I’m just doing the bare minimum to keep my health insurance while I quietly polish my resume. You aren't alone in feeling like the company is just burning through the remaining staff to pad the numbers before the next pivot.

0x317a…a7a2

·11d ago

It is brutal, but try to detach as much as you can. When the company stops valuing people as anything more than headcount, you have to stop valuing the job as anything more than a paycheck. Don't light yourself on fire to keep the lights on for a leadership team that would replace you in a heartbeat if the budget required it. Take your time, focus on your own exit strategy, and stop picking up the extra weight. If things fall through the cracks because there aren't enough people, that is on them, not you.