Work Burnout Gifts

"It's so easy to tell when Larry needs a vacation. The ozone smell is always a dead give-away!"

'Make sure he doesn't turn his TV to any business news programs while he's here.'

A female patient in an exam room sees a sign that reads, 'Break glass in case of physician burnout'

IN box...OUT is wastepaper basket on fire.

"This is nice … let’s not hop again tomorrow."

Another day at work would be one too many...

"They've hiked up our targets again...I'm going to have to put in some overtime to have any chance of meeting them!"

Man running in a hamster wheel

"We offer a generous flex time policy - you can work your 90 hours per week any way you'd like."

Stressed over time management

"I think that might have been one deadline too many for Tim!"

"I haven't felt that overwhelming urge to create, but then again I haven't felt much of anything lately."

'All right, Hargreaves, you've made your point clear.'

"If you're not on the brink of despair you're part of the problem"

How to recover from a bad day

Sports Radio in Crisis

'The trouble with success is that the formula is the same for a nervous breakdown.'

Exhausted employee

"I don't think we can put off dealing with 'presenteeism' any longer."

'I need tomorrow off to recharge my batteries.'

Pre-vacation-burn-out radiology reports.

'My work-lifestyle balance is shot, I'm either working or I'm dead!'

Doctor sleeps in a patients bed.

"There are 168 hours in as week and I work 184."

'We took a look at our passport pictures and realized that we need a vacation.'

Workaholic on a cruise

"Marie, forward all my calls – I’m working on an ulcer from home today."

"I don’t understand why they aren’t happy, we give them challenging, demanding work and let them do it 80 hours a week!"

"I'm burned out on fetching. I'm thinking of changing careers."

'No, Stanworth, feeling sick of your job does not qualify you for sick leave.'

'We got here too late. All his fizz is gone!'

'I'm going to prescribe for you to stay away from the news on TV and all social media!'

"It's the worst part of working here...spending so much time with people at the end of their tether, ill, stressed, desperate for help..."

"I feel I need to take a break from academia."

"Sorry I'm late again, boss. I got held up in self-doubt and regrets."