✒ “Sustainable business” is not simply a green business. It should be an enterprise that has a net positive impact on environment as well as community/society/economy, locally and globally.
The business isn’t sustainable if the staff working for the enterprise is consistently burned out.
Some might argue that high paying jobs like lawyers, bankers and consultants, long hours is the norm so their complaints can be dismissed. However, burnout in these professions is a reminder for other sectors facing labour shortages that higher wages can’t fix everything. People do not just want more money, they want less exhaustion and more opportunity for a family life, irrespective of pay level.
As the author concludes: “It’s time to stop the eye-rolling when overworked lawyers and bankers object to their working conditions and call on their industries to change. They might not need sympathy, but they do deserve support.”