"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."
I would note that burnout is a real psychological condition; and it's cause by an overstimulation via stress, a common characteristic of overworking in mentally demanding fields. 1/2
If you feel personally burned out, then you need time away from what causes stress in your life. It's a boundary and we should work together to make that known to all employers. 2/2
