Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 23 hours agoWhen they tell you at work or at school to give it your all, do they mean to do something until you burn out or collapse of exhaustion? Because that seems to be the trope in all movies and shows.message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareWhen they tell you at work or at school to give it your all, do they mean to do something until you burn out or collapse of exhaustion? Because that seems to be the trope in all movies and shows.Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 23 hours agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·22 hours agoDepends on context, but it usually means give it your absolute best, ‘don’t leave anything out there’. It can simply mean don’t slack. I don’t think it usually means ‘do this to the obvious detriment of your health’.
minus-squareTwentyEight@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoPlenty of employers (in non-union/creative/competitive industries/in-demand roles) push employees to burn out. Doesn’t matter if you burn out you couldn’t hack it, just get the next body in.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours ago … just get the next body in this is the overwhelming majority in my anecdotal experience for the last 23 years professionally so now i don’t try so hard.
Depends on context, but it usually means give it your absolute best, ‘don’t leave anything out there’.
It can simply mean don’t slack.
I don’t think it usually means ‘do this to the obvious detriment of your health’.
Plenty of employers (in non-union/creative/competitive industries/in-demand roles) push employees to burn out. Doesn’t matter if you burn out you couldn’t hack it, just get the next body in.
this is the overwhelming majority in my anecdotal experience for the last 23 years professionally so now i don’t try so hard.