"This 'burnout' that secure scholars are feeling is phantom pain where their colleagues should be. Or, to use a term that every other normal worker in the US uses to describe their workplace under these conditions: you are suffering from the effects of intentional systemic understaffing."
It's odd to me people seem to be suggesting this is unique to one type of institution. It's extremely common in the private sector as well. In fact, the rule rather than the exception.
