from Gergely Orosz | by Gergely Orosz

In my observation, burnout in tech is (finally) starting to hit managers, their managers, and their managers, hard. Quote from a VP Eng: "After 1.5 years of 15-20 Zoom meetings per day, I hit my limit and can't do it anymore. I'm taking the rest of the year to recover." (cont'd) t.co/nEOTs66PL2

Some very interesting follow-ons of this trend: 1. Fast-growing startups very much struggle to hire director-level or above... and are promoting ICs/inexperienced managers as directors (yes, really) 2. The demand for experienced senior managers (and above) is exploding

3. Until now, most companies have been mostly concerned with IC burnout (ICs are in the largest numbers). It was assumed senior managers who get paid more/have more vested interest(equity) would sort themselves. The fact that these people are quitting is a *huge* warning sign.

4. Senior management quitting with nothing lined up means leaving a *lot* of money on the table... it means it's very bad. Founders & CEOs: assume your frontline managers, directors, VPs, CTO can be in this situation. Check-in. Make structural changes. Before it's too late.