The Resilience Paradox: How It’s Fueling Workplace Burnout

Burnout isn’t weakness—it’s a design flaw. True leadership means fixing systems, not testing endurance.

The era of resilience rhetoric is over; change is overdue. Telling employees to “be more resilient” and to, “just work through it” is leadership on autopilot.

In today’s corporate world, burnout is rampant; people are overworked and underpaid, and the rate of quiet quitting is soaring. Many workers believe AI will take their jobs and the “Sunday Scaries” are very much a reality.

The sky isn’t falling - it fell.

The question becomes: Why are organizations demanding more resilience from their employees? Resilience has quickly become a new form of corporate gaslighting, shifting accountability and responsibility from systemic dysfunction onto individuals who are already exhausted and giving all they can provide for minimal reward.

The “bounce back” mantra isn’t just outdated, it’s harmful.

Author’s summary: Burnout is a design flaw, not weakness.

Forbes — 2025-10-24

The Resilience Paradox: How It’s Fueling Workplace Burnout

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