The job isn’t the problem. People still want to build, solve, serve, and contribute. What they don’t want is the endless swirl—meetings with no outcome, fake deadlines with no impact, politics with no upside. That’s not work. That’s erosion.
When teams burn out, it’s rarely the workload. It’s the friction. The distractions. The lack of clarity, autonomy, and respect. Real workers crave impact, not theater. Time, not noise. Output, not optics.
The future of work won’t be won by perks. It’ll be won by subtraction—cutting what doesn’t matter so the real work can. Eliminate the swirl. Protect the mission. People don’t leave jobs. They leave BS.