Burnout. How and why it happens to the best of us

Burnout is not a phenomenon. Burnout is a serious condition that so many millennials face today. Social media industry workers are often the ones who face burnout more quickly than others. According to a Quora survey, the average time a social media manager spends managing social accounts per week is 50 - 187 hours per week. This includes creating and curating content, managing engagement, monitoring communities, responding to comments and DMs, and more. In this episode Sarah and Alli discuss the negative effects of social media burnout, ways to notice if you’re burnout, how to cope with burnout, and ways to manage your work on social media in the future.

Links mentioned during the episode:

https://www.healthline.com/health/tips-for-identifying-and-preventing-burnout#how-you-can-help 

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/28/remote-work-burnout-is-growing-as-coronavirus-pandemic-stretches-on.html 

https://digiday.com/media/social-media-managers-grapple-with-burnout/ 

https://sproutsocial.com/insights/battling-social-media-burnout/

https://blog.hootsuite.com/ways-to-avoid-social-media-burnout/#:~:text=If%20you%20are%20experiencing%20one,work%20or%20thinking%20about%20work