Jack’s Empowerment and Inspiration: 116. WILL YOU HURT YOURSELF TO IMPRESS YOUR EMPLOYER? Jack’s Redundancy Empowerment - empowering redundancy

Sunday, 21 December 2025

116. WILL YOU HURT YOURSELF TO IMPRESS YOUR EMPLOYER? Jack’s Redundancy Empowerment - empowering redundancy - Jack Lookman

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Redundancy is an opportunity to reconsider the balance of work and life. If you are constantly sacrificing your health, relationships, or personal development in order to "impress" your employer, you are creating a fragile structure. When that structure fails, as redundancy shows, it feels catastrophic. Those who avoid injuring themselves in the process recover faster. They maintain mental clarity, energy, and the resilience to take the next steps with purpose.

Workers who overextend themselves—burning out, ignoring health, or working beyond their capacity—frequently do so out of loyalty, fear, or a desire to demonstrate their worth. The irony is that by the time redundancy occurs, all of the self-inflicted damage has not translated into protection. Long hours, missed breaks, or personal sacrifices may have made you visible, but they do not protect you from organisational change. Companies prioritise roles and structures over individual suffering.

Some people mistake visibility for indispensability. They associate overwork with loyalty. Redundancy calls into question this assumption. It reveals that the metrics employers use to determine who stays and who leaves are rarely about loyalty. Skills, role necessity, flexibility, and financial considerations are more important than personal sacrifice. The sooner you accept this, the better equipped you will be to make strategic career decisions rather than reactive, exhausting ones.

In practical terms, avoiding self-harm in order to impress employers involves setting boundaries. It involves saying no when necessary. It is about understanding that your contribution is valuable, but not at the expense of your health. It is about understanding the importance of long-term performance. When redundancy hits, your preserved energy becomes a resource to apply to job searching, upskilling, and emotional recovery.

There is also a significant psychological component. Workers who habitually overextend themselves frequently struggle with identity after leaving a job. They defined themselves based on what they gave up, not what they accomplished. This complicates the recovery from redundancy. Those who maintain boundaries often have a clearer sense of self, which helps with decision-making, networking, and confidence when looking for new opportunities. Recovery is quicker, cleaner, and more strategic.

Finally, redundancy teaches the most important lesson: no employer is worth sacrificing your well-being for. Commitment and skill are important, but your body, mind, and dignity are priceless. Hurting yourself to impress a company may seem noble, but it is rarely effective. You recover faster, move smarter, and find better opportunities when you invest in yourself, not in trying to impress someone that may never offer reciprocation.

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