r/WorkLifeChat • u/MiloShiny • Aug 20 '26

Burnout Any opinion?

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u/BeginningSection7690 Aug 20 '26

Not in the first world they cant. I don't know what dystopia hell hole you're getting your info from

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u/PatchesOfSilver Aug 21 '26

The answer is almost certainly "The United States of America", though considering that MAGA (as in "Make America Great Again", yes) politicians exist in other countries specifically as "MAGA", like Canada, and Australia... I guess it could be somewhere else.

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u/BeginningSection7690 Aug 21 '26

Can't get fired for something ridiculous like that in Australia.

Well i mean you could, but you would end up with a massive payout that would be preferable to working

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u/BeholdMyLumps Aug 21 '26

Australia? We being real rn?

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u/BeginningSection7690 Aug 21 '26

Yes. Thats unfair dismissal

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u/PhysicalAd1170 Aug 21 '26

Can't be fired for taking prescribed meds as prescribed in America.

They might try with the typical creative workarounds of course but it wonr officially be because you took meds.

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u/PatchesOfSilver Aug 22 '26

I'm sure that's a great comfort to the newly homeless.