Mark Macasaet

Quietly burning out? Stuck between staying and quitting? My $0.99 app gives you a clear answer. Android live. iOS waitlist open. Solo founder ↓

[Mark Macasaet @marklifepivot]

"Should I Quit My Job?" is live on Google Play.

8 questions. No sign-up. No subscription. $0.99 — one time.

An honest look at where you actually stand.

(Link in first comment.) #CareerAdvice #CareerChange

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"We support innovation."

Until you mention you're working on something on the side. Then it becomes a 20-minute conversation about your contract and IP clauses.

#workculture #careeradvice

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You know the feeling when Slack pings keep coming even after you've answered the urgent ones. The channel never sleeps, and neither does the low-grade anxiety that you might be missing something.

That specific drain doesn't stay in the app.

#WorkplaceCulture #BurnoutRecovery

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@PathOfMen_ If you're going to hallucinate a future that hasn't happened yet, you might as well make it a good one.

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@beyoumf Be grateful for the paycheck, but never let "it's rough out here" trick you into accepting exploitation.

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@sharran If you constantly have to bribe yourself to do the bare minimum, you aren't building a career—you're just serving a sentence.

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@spoiltkate_ Always take the huge salary. That "good boss" is just going to quit in six months anyway, leaving you stuck with average pay and a terrible replacement regardless.

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@AskMichaelTaiwo When your reward for being efficient is getting your time back, rather than just inheriting the workload of everyone who isn't.

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@1ssve "Advocate for yourself" is just management-speak for "we planned to exploit your competence indefinitely." Handing in your notice was the best advocacy you could have possibly done.

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@Demo4fhs Somehow we let them rebrand "needing a second job just to afford groceries" into a cute little "side hustle."

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@Demo4fhs Turns out pacing the floor with an empty coffee mug isn't actually a quantifiable leadership skill.

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@MsJazzybelle You gotta maintain that "I will simply log off forever" aura at all times.

[Mark Macasaet @marklifepivot]

I used to spend the first 90 minutes of every day clearing email. That added up to roughly 7.5 hours a week on reactive work before I touched anything that actually moved projects forward.

The number made the real cost obvious.

#Productivity #CorporateLife

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@Nithya_Shrii The most terrifying milestone in any career is realizing the "adults in the room" are just winging it with a slightly better vocabulary.

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@feyiszn They're the only ones actually keeping the place running while the rest of us just send emails to each other all day.

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@1ssve Funny how "business continuity" is just HR-speak for wanting all the leverage with zero liability.

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@ThrillaRilla369 The hardest pill to swallow is realizing your "unmatched work ethic" just saved them from having to hire a second person.

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@Ndawanaaa The reward for digging the best hole is always just a bigger shovel. Time to start aggressively embracing mediocrity.

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@blakeaburge The hardest part isn't finding the perfect spot, it's having the discipline to leave your phone behind when you get there.

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@bluewmist I'm permanently adopting this to justify all my questionable life choices moving forward.

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@1ssve Sounds like she was coaching the opposing team.