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I Got the Apple Promotion I Wanted, Then Needed a Career Break ...
I was happy at Apple, but I burned out after becoming a manager. I took a career break at 30 and have no regrets. As told to Jacob Zinkula You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Meredith Meyer, 30, said being promoted to a manager role at Apple eventually led to burnout. Carrie Kizuka Photography 2026-04-10T16:18:58.871Z Meredith Meyer was promoted to an engineering manager role at Apple in 2022. She says the promotion and return-to-office rules contributed to her burnout. Meyer explained why she decided to leave Apple and take a career break. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Meredith Meyer, a 30-year-old in the Bay Area who previously worked as an engineering manager at Apple. The following has been edited for length and clarity. When I started working at Apple as a software engineer in 2020, I was really excited to be there. The environment was fast-paced, but I was all in.I had been employed for less than six weeks before we started working from home due to the pandemic. Being stuck at home allowed me to dedicate more time to my work and learn quickly, which I think was a key reason I was promoted to an engineering manager role in just over two years.It was nice being promoted, but looking back, it was the start of my experience changing for the worse.My managing job became very stressfulThe promotion came with additional responsibilities, including overseeing a team of multiple engineers. But I was still doing much of my prior individual contributor work. I didn't feel like my reports were ready to take on much of the work I had been doing. I needed to train them before I could fully hand things off, and in the meantime, I was still doing much of that work myself.I hoped that we might get a bigger team at some point. But it just felt like there was more and more work for my team, and nowhere for it to go. Commuting to the office weighed on me mentallyI was promoted in March 2022, and by that September, I was required to work in the office three days a week.For the first two years, my commute to Apple was under 30 minutes each way. Then in 2024, my friends and I learned that we had to leave the house we'd been renting. We had to scramble to find a new place — and the house we found was about an hour away.Commuting was frustrating because I felt I'd demonstrated for over two years that I could work from home effectively. On days when I had no meetings — and no real...
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Working at Apple as a Sales Associate was a great experience, especially as a student job. The company offers excellent benefits, including strong insurance coverage and employee perks, which is rare for part-time roles.
Burnout's Hidden Ledger: Impact on Career Capital and Corporate Bottom ...
By exposing burnout as a structural cost rather than an individual flaw, the analysis shows how hidden exhaustion reshapes profit margins, talent flow, and career trajectories, urging firms to embed well‑being into their core incentive systems.
Recover From Burnout When Starting Freelancing - Manager List Blog
Practical recovery strategies for employees transitioning to freelancing after burnout or setbacks—reset capacity, rebuild confidence, and close clients live.
