Our department has this culture where everyone performs being fine with impossible deadlines and unrealistic expectations, and the people who admit they're struggling get pushed out. We're all burning out but pretending we're thriving, and I think we could push back together if we could stop performing invincibility.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared performance of professional invincibility is preventing collective action to address systemic workplace problems.
“Where Are You with Masks and personas we wear?”
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