Burnout @ Corporate: When Trust Deficit Becomes the Real Workload
Thanks for the overwhelming response to my earlier article on Responsiveness . I hope you'll enjoy this one too. An employee-friendly manager once messaged his subordinate: "It's raining heavily in Pune. Come to the office only if you need a job." This message went viral on WhatsApp last week. A friend of mine reacted strongly to it because it reminded him of an incident with his manager at year-end. "I was about to resign in December 2025 when my boss rejected my Christmas leave, saying, 'I'll be on leave that week, so you need to be here to handle office affairs.' " "Oh really?" I reacted. "Yeah, I was shocked. I was about to reply, tumhaara khoon khoon aur hamaara khoon paani, but I controlled myself." "Good that you showed composure." "But the incident burned me out. I hadn’t taken any casual leave throughout the year, thinking I would take a vacation with my family at the end of the year. B...