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Nearly 4 in 10 millennials secretly go on vacation behind their management’s backs without informing them.

Over the past year, Russia has changed the tactics of using FPV drones. If earlier they were a weapon for the front — a means of destroying equipment and infantry in the «gray zone», today they have become an instrument of terror. Silent, cheap, almost invisible — FPV drones are increasingly striking civilian objects: hospitals, highways, water supply systems, schools. And increasingly — in cities that are dozens of kilometers from the front line.

Senior Software Engineer SoftServe Roman worked on one project for 10+ years. He liked this stability, but over time he felt deep fatigue and inner exhaustion — he wanted to rest, change the rhythm, find new meanings. When his project finally came to an end, Roman decided to take a sabbatical. At first, he thought it would be for a month or two, but in the end — from October to February. The first month he reflected a lot, spent time with his family. In the second — he allowed himself to simply relax, without pressure. Already from the third month of the break, Roman felt a desire to learn again, discover new technologies — in particular, develop in the field of Big Data. So he started looking for such opportunities in the company and soon joined a new project for the position of Big Data Software Engineer. And EVO specialist Natalia worked on an important project that required high involvement, frequent communication with various stakeholders, and constant focus. Over time, she began to feel strong emotional fatigue, lost motivation, and stopped rejoicing even in small victories. She turned to a corporate psychologist, with whom she had several individual sessions. In the process, they discovered that she was on the verge of burnout. Together with the leader, they agreed on a decision to take a long vacation to restore her resources and emotionally «reboot». After returning, Natalia returned to her duties and is now implementing an initiative that she had planned for a long time, but did not have the resources for. These two stories are about IT professionals who were burned out from super-intensive work and needed a break to regain strength and recharge. Such cases are not uncommon in Ukrainian IT. Due to workload, high level of responsibility, intensity and complexity of work, IT professionals often feel exhausted and lose productivity. The burnout epidemic in IT is a familiar phenomenon. So dev.ua asked key employers in the industry how companies monitor the psycho-emotional state of specialists and help them regain strength when they are on the verge of burnout.