[spadros]

Don’t just quit your job without another lined up. Milk the current company for everything you can while finding a new job. They’ll find a way to offer you the position and pay you deserved from the beginning when you put in your 2 weeks. Don’t accept their crap, find a better job, and move on. I do think you’d regret quitting without anything lined up. I’d just twiddle my fingers and do as little as possible at current company.

[manimino]

This depends heavily on how good you are at setting boundaries. How good are you at saying no to your boss and teammates? Depending on culture (yours and the company's) this can feel impossible.

Being unable to say "no" is also a great way to burn out in the first place. The advice of "just slack off" is often given in cases like these, but... if the person could do that, would they be burned out in the first place?

[spadros]

What are they going to do if he says no? Fire him? Not give him the promotions they haven’t been?

If he’s been doing as well as he claims, he can sit on his hands for a few months and start slow rolling his work.

[floydian10]

You can easily burn out for a number of reasons

[canucklady]

If the current job is causing a lot of stress/burnout, carrying that into a new role is setting yourself up for failure. Having a few months gap isn't a problem IME and it helps with recovery.

[DoingIsLearning]

I disagree, unless you are mentally breaking down you should hold.

You will be exponentially more attractive to recruiters while employed. Recruiters/HR will treat you as high value and will value your time a lot more if you are just changing jobs.

The opposite is true for someone looking for opportunities whilst unemployed, irrespective of industry experience.

The difference in recruited experience is massive having experienced both scenarios. It is just an unavoidable human bias from future employers.

[spadros]

Why can’t you do both? You can line up a new job and take a break in between. I regularly take a month or more between jobs. Most employers are fine waiting a bit longer for top talent.

[canucklady]

When I went through something similar it would have taken way longer than a month to recover. I didn't know how long when I took the break. Also I was too burnt out to interview well.

[spadros]

The stress from not having a job lined up would have eaten me alive. I wouldn’t recommend that for anyone. I’m glad your case panned out but I would tell OP to line up a new job if they can.

[cableshaft]

Pad your start date for your next job by two weeks to a month. It might not be enough to fully recover, but it should hopefully still help quite a bit.

[theshrike79]

This, get them to pay for training and online courses. Get everything you can out of it.