The Great Exhaustion (Cal Newport) (opens in new tab)

> Seven out of ten people surveyed by Microsoft complain that they "don’t have enough uninterrupted focus time during the workday."

This part struck most true for me. When my day begins with meetings that last until midday, I become exhausted, and have nothing left in me to do actual work. I started blocking off my calendar with false meetings to help combat the PM urge to loop me into anything where I "might" be needed.

Definitely one version of the truth. I personally think the whole great resignation / quiet quitting narrative is a very convenient way to justify worker oppression.

I read the whole article and also didn’t catch the author mention layoffs once. His conclusion is that workers are exhausted because of.. too much communication? Hot take. How about the many large layoffs, false/rescinded offers, lower industry wages, the dearth of full time internal roles and the overwhelming number of shitty 2 month contracts for $50/hour?

This is what the intellectual priesthood does, basically. They write flowery rationalizations for barbarism so the electorate can feel better about it. Sickening