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by DigitalSea 4255 days ago
How I can get out of a job that has me burned out and exhausted?

To give you the honest truth, speak up or quit. You are not doing yourself or your employer any favours staying and burning yourself out.

I was in the same situation about 6 months ago myself. I was part of a small team that was increasingly being overworked and expected to deliver in unrealistic amounts of time. Overtime was being factored into estimates and instead of overtime being a sometimes thing, eventually all projects were actually taking into account weekends. Nobody was being paid for the extra time and once new management came in, unless TOIL (time off in lieu) was agreed upon in advance, you were not given time off at a later date.

I left and while it was hard because I loved the people I worked alongside, I did it for myself, my career and my family. You are not doing yourself any favours by staying, so stop asking for advice and make a decision.