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The Burnout Gap Between Managers and Their Teams
Episode 5 of The Burnout Podcast examines a striking asymmetry: managers report higher burnout rates than the employees they manage. Lucas and Luna unpack a 2025 Microsoft Workplace Trends survey showing 58 percent of managers say they're burned out, versus 38 percent of individual contributors. They explore why—middle managers absorb pressure from above and below, they lack autonomy despite having authority, and they're expected to be 'resilience sponges' for their teams. The hosts also discuss a surprising counterexample from a Dutch manufacturing firm where a flat…
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