Never stop working | Motivational quotes slammed for causing burnout

A cursory glance over LinkedIn or Twitter will yield any number of generic ‘motivational’ posts, designed to inspire and encourage workers to perform at their best; however, do these posts actually spread positivity, or are they actively encouraging workers to push themselves too hard?

An op-ed published by Journalist Matt Chittock on the Metro this morning stated that although such quotes may be intended to simply inspire, constantly pressuring workers into dedicating all their time and energy into their work is in fact only promoting a culture of burnout and poor work-life balance.

“I remember exactly when I realised how much I hated burnout culture – it was when the vegetables told me to ‘hustle harder’. Those were the words carved into cucumber at a WeWork water cooler, shared on Twitter. It was followed by photo evidence of ‘Don’t stop when you’re tired, stop when you’re done’, again on a cucumber at another shared workspace,” Chittock wrote.