re: What’s your burnout limit at a company

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When you wake up every day dreading the work day, it's time to move on.

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I guess I should have moved on a decade ago then.

coming up on 39 years with the same outfit, still having a blast

If you feel like you’ve outgrown the position (like you’ve done previously), that’s one thing. But it sounds like that’s not the case and you simply hate this role.

I’m at the point in my life where I’d take less money to get out of the situation that you’re in.

Currently going through the interview process at my company for a few high-end jobs. Moving every 5-6 years will cause me to ask the question, why; but would not hold it against you (depending on how you answer). What I am seeing now is a good mix of people staying with a job for 10+ years, and people going through 3-4 jobs over 10 years. Only a few have people staying an average of 5 years at the job.

If I were in your shoes, I would see if I can make changes within my job to reduce the stress/frustration. If that's not possible, I would look to move on. As others pointed out, no company/job is worth you giving up on your time just because you may be worried about how your resume will look.

And while your coworkers and subordinates may initially feel let down; they would all understand in the long run because they know they all have a breaking point as well and will most likely be in your position at some point

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Moving every 5 to 6 years wouldn't raise any red flags for me if i were interviewing you

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This 100%

I don’t have one. Your reaction to pressure or negative situations is all you can control, when it comes to work you can only do what you can do. Giving more than 100% is not possible and I’m only willing to work so much. The amount varies by situation at both work and home. Sometimes I’m willing to give 60, 80 hours for a short time, sometimes I’m not. I don’t control the amount of work that comes in. I give what I can and If my employer doesn’t like it they can schedule a meeting to discuss it or take whatever action they think is appropriate. I didn’t work 30 years to be in a position to be what amounts to an indentured servant. If they get rid of me I’ll find other work. Work as hard as you can when young to get to this spot, what I call “frick you” position, you’ll never feel stress and you’ll be a better employee and person.

Dawgfanman, spot on.

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Is the stress from the actual job itself, management, co-workers, etc?

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Mostly executive management and other departments being frustrating to deal with. It’s a fairly small company (50 employees) start up mentality (only we’ve existed for 15 years and growing). I’ve progressed to a pretty high level only because I wear multiple hats and take on whatever needs to be done. My group is awesome. It’s that everything gets dumped on us because the CEO knows we’ll do it.

Flip side is people get negative attitudes because of that and managing personalities with zero support from above really wears me down. Just constantly being put in a shitty position trying to please both sides.

It’s very similar to a bad relationship. A lot had been invested to make it work and hate walking away, but at the end of the day you know it’s not right.

How many times you gonna make this thread over the years? Quit and find a new job already.