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		verve_rat on Sept 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vacation isn’t the answer to employee burnout Stop killing yourself for someone else's profit. If your team is at 50% head count, then your team should be doing 50% (or less) of its expected work.

le-mark on Sept 4, 2021 | [–]

Some people like being martyrs and enjoy their drama. Lack of head count? It’s a business problem, a management problem, not my problem.

awsthro00945 on Sept 3, 2021 | [–]

We already are doing less than 50% of our expected work. That doesn't mean that the problems suddenly go away, and typically just makes things worse.

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