Can You Burn Out in a Good Workplace? a #straightfromcait episode

FRIED. The Burnout Podcast · Cait Donovan · Sep 13, 2026 · 8 min

What's in this episode

Cait explains why good people burn out inside good organizations, why individual responsibility isn't the same as individual blame, and why the useful question is whether there's a mismatch rather than whose fault it is.

Questions it answers

Can you burn out at a good job?

Burnout expert Cait Donovan of FRIED on why good people burn out in good workplaces, and why match or mismatch beats asking whose fault it is.

Answered on FRIED. The Burnout Podcast

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