burnout for me was not because I was "over worked" but rather the work I was doing was very boring. It was the exact work that didn't get me motivated. This particular company was known to hire the shittiest of consulting groups, and farm out "talent" to low bid offshore contracting companies.
Onboarding these people every quarter knowing they will likely get shit canned the next quarter was a tiring position. The level of incompetency of some of these people was similar to doing support type work for boomers (ie, instead of "did you turn your computer off and on" type deal. It's literally having to point these people to existing documentation and having to read it out to them like they are in elementary school. Basic reading comprehension is not a skill these people are required to have apparently).
I also remember a consulting firm trying to migrate system to some proprietary shite. Asking basic questions about the system, I always get the "we will get back to you on that" and never get it. Follow up, is basically hand waving magic, throw some generic bullshit buzz words ("ItS iN tHe ClOuD, mIcRoSeRvicEd OrIeNteD, DiStRibUtEd"). I remember management eating that shit up.
When push comes to shove, I finally black box test the system and its fails on even the most basic performance tests. Too many scam artists in this industry tbh, and too many incompetent idiots that somehow got into the C-level suite. I think in the end they were able to get the vendor to throw in an extra product or reduce cost to close the deal. Fortunately, I left that shit hole before it was implemented.
Onboarding these people every quarter knowing they will likely get shit canned the next quarter was a tiring position. The level of incompetency of some of these people was similar to doing support type work for boomers (ie, instead of "did you turn your computer off and on" type deal. It's literally having to point these people to existing documentation and having to read it out to them like they are in elementary school. Basic reading comprehension is not a skill these people are required to have apparently).
I also remember a consulting firm trying to migrate system to some proprietary shite. Asking basic questions about the system, I always get the "we will get back to you on that" and never get it. Follow up, is basically hand waving magic, throw some generic bullshit buzz words ("ItS iN tHe ClOuD, mIcRoSeRvicEd OrIeNteD, DiStRibUtEd"). I remember management eating that shit up.
When push comes to shove, I finally black box test the system and its fails on even the most basic performance tests. Too many scam artists in this industry tbh, and too many incompetent idiots that somehow got into the C-level suite. I think in the end they were able to get the vendor to throw in an extra product or reduce cost to close the deal. Fortunately, I left that shit hole before it was implemented.