Consultant facing burnout due to poor management and unpaid overtime
🧭 worksocial problemSingle report ●●●●●
A consultant with 5 years of experience reports that their firm enforces a brutal, uncompensated overtime culture, refuses to address systemic organizational failures, and blames employees for mistakes caused by high-pressure environments. The reporter also notes a lack of professional development opportunities and a toxic team dynamic with management.
What people do today
- Interviewing for other jobs
- Raising concerns with project leads
- Attempting to push back on workload
🔧 Fix this
Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:
- A platform for consultants to anonymously report and verify company overtime policies and management culture to help job seekers avoid toxic firms.
- A legal template or guide for employees in South Europe to document and claim unpaid overtime hours effectively.
- A peer-support network or community group for consultants experiencing burnout to share strategies for setting boundaries and transitioning to healthier work environments.
Real voices
“Overtime at my company isn’t paid or compensated (at the start they said it would be, but now it’s “we didn’t ask you to work extra” or “it’ll balance out eventually” — it never does). On a project like this one, I’m doing extra hours almost every week, weekends included.”
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