How to battle burnout?

effyouasshole · 2018-10-02T22:03:19+00:00

Don't sprint in a marathon.

CalvinRichland · 2018-10-02T22:20:36+00:00

All jobs burn you out

Kabuki431 · 2018-10-02T23:19:05+00:00

Take a vacation and clear ur head.

wawakaka · 2018-10-03T03:29:03+00:00

meditation...this will rebalance your mind.

DOPAMINE CYCLING

try cycling highly stimulationg food and activities so your brain down not overload on dopamine and then tank.

example...eat a healthy bland diet for 6 days and on the seventh eat some junk food with soda pop. it will boost your dopamine levels super high but it won't blow out your receptors because its only a one day thing.

or minimize internet use for 5 days and then have full internet use on 6th you can also do this with sex or fapping.

BurnieSlander · 2018-10-02T23:55:55+00:00

Time to start looking for your next move

redpharma7789 · 2018-10-03T00:55:17+00:00

Get a life outside of your job. Sleep 8 hours a day, and workout.

jay_jay_man · 2018-10-03T01:21:47+00:00

You need balance. After sitting behind the desk for 8 hours a day on the phone balance yourself out by taking up a physical activity and involves direct human contact.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu would be my top recommendation. A close second would be Salsa dancing. A team sport such as basketball would work just as well.

Whatever sport or hobby you take up must involve physical exertion and human contact. Word of advice, take your time and get into the hobby, one or two days a week and bump it up to what you can manage without physically burning out yourself.

The123123 · 2018-12-06T04:28:21+00:00

Been there. I say bail while you have your sanity.

I started recruiting right out of college. I only have about 4 years experience currently (all in staffing and trucking) but I did spend one of those years recruiting for a medium sized (approx 600 driver) company. It was the worst grind ive experienced as a recruiter, it made me slip into a bit of a depression and burn out. If you're successful as a trucking recruiter, you have what it takes to land other recruiting jobs. Recruiters are an in demand skill set right now. I would reccomend looking into the staffing industry or perhaps trade school recruiting.

The123123 · 2018-12-09T17:15:13+00:00

In my experience it was a combination of problems with the company along with some of the general problems of recruiting drivers.

The company: if youre going to be a recruiter you need to be that companies buggest cheer leader. You are going to go out into the world and try to convince people that its a good place for them to bet their future. If you dont believe that and your heart isnt in it you aren't going to be effective. My company did not do enough to care for its people. Drivers facilites were disgusting, un cared for and out of date. When I interviewed there I was told I would be making a lateral move in pay and wound up making close to 20k less. The pay figures we were told to give drivers were laughable and didnt add up. You want me to tell an experienced driver that he can make $60-70k per year but sign them on at 35CPM? So after I know I was lied to about earning potential, how am I supposed to perpetuate that lie on others? I cant even claim ignorance.

The drivers: being that my company wasn't really a premium employer we didnt attract cream of the crop drivers. Our drivers were mostly rookies, or had a pretty dinged up driving record. Working with them is exhausting. They are the bottom tier of their trade but have the ego to demand top tier pay and treated like a rock star.

"Oh you have an automatic trans restriction on your license, 3 moving violations in the past 2 years, 3 months experience between 5 companies? Please tell me more about that guy you watch on youtube who said you deserve $1.00/mile and a blowjob from your fleet manager."

I could go on and on. But the gist of what im saying is that (at least in my case) I found myself recruiting shitty drivers for a shitty company, making far less money. Noone was happy, not the company, not the drivers and certainly not me.

FastYaw · 2018-10-03T05:52:26+00:00

You don’t battle. You rest

Title	How to battle burnout?
Author	bored1544
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Comments	11
Date	October 2, 2018 9:57 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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