Here's how you can manage burnout rates across various roles in the gaming industry.

Let's think about it like a game for a moment :) Encourage work-life balance, everyone needs a potion break now and then. Foster a supportive team culture where teammates can recharge and support each other. Rotate tasks to keep things fresh, like switching characters in a party. Set realistic deadlines and expectations, no need to rush to the final boss. Offer mental health resources and encourage breaks, health potions are crucial. And remember, preventing burnout is a marathon, not a sprint, pace yourself and your team for long-term success!

You are tired, you look bored, there's no energy for any task. Try to divide your task into 2 criteria: urgency and importance. If most of your tasks are - Urgent and important: try to do them smartly or hire/ ask more people to assist - Important but not urgent: adjust the priority - Urgent but not important: priority should be lowest (the last thing you do if you're available) - Not urgent nor important: reject to do those tasks

Identifying the early signs of burnout is crucial for effective management. In the gaming industry, the demanding work environment can lead to chronic fatigue, reduced productivity, and a growing disillusionment with one’s job. It’s essential to remain vigilant and proactive in addressing these symptoms before they worsen. Fostering a culture of open communication within your team is key. Ensure that team members feel safe to discuss their workload and stress levels without fear of judgment or retribution. This approach not only helps in preventing burnout but also promotes a healthier, more productive work environment.

It’s hard to set boundaries when your hobbies and work are so woefully intermingled, but it’ll be okay. Give yourself breaks, play games outside of your genre. Support indie games and new genres. Find beautiful stories that light a fire in your belly. Remember, your mental health is essential to having solid output. Prioritize your wellbeing :)

Being a game developer means being creative. This creativity needs to flow and sometimes is hard to stop, even when work times are long over. But these overtimes need to be the exception, not the norm. Healthy employees are the key to success, so management needs to look out for us. Even if that means to send someone home, who is protesting and wants to continue to work. Taking time off to relax the mind is so important. Weekends are holy. Took me way to long: Never start a new big topic Friday afternoon..

Focus on outcomes, don’t force people to stick to a schedule that doesn’t work for them. As long as someone is accessible when you need them, and gets their work done, you don’t need to hound them to be online. Let people live their lives. Unless you have a patch, let people leave at 4 on a Friday!

Give people goals and metrics to strive to achieve. People want to have goals. People want to advance their career. Don’t tell people they can’t have a promotion without adequate reasoning. Plan for their career advancement, and help them develop the skills they’ll need to be successful.

Make sure people understand the meaning of their role, how they can benefit the organization. For every task, they should have a goal and a way to analyze their performance. If they know that they'll be better at the job, or they can be promoted when this KPI is done, they will work more effectively without thinking about how tired they can be

A company raises and falls with their feedback culture. Nothing is healthier than a well organized retroperspective, where teams can give each other honest feedback on eye level to grow on and with each other. Combine that with a great scrum master, some conversation starters like Lego building, drawings or even a bunch of rubber dugs - and real magic will happen!

- Always find the way to work more effective. Work smarter! - Remember to prioritize your tasks. Share this with your manager about this - Think about how this task can help you grow can help a little=) - If you feel tired, take a short break. Listen to a different music genre to find excitement, read news, do whatever makes your brain relax

Hire people that play games! You have to love games to be successful game developer. Ask any chef and they’ll tell you the most important step is tasting as you go. Develop your palate, and play a ton of games! You have to be hungry!

The best leads, manager, bosses share important tasks and problems involving everyone with their subordinates. This can be a big as finding the company vision or as small as the rules for the toilet. Of course the last decision and responsibility lays with the person in charge. But involving others, asking everyone's opinion and finding solutions together creates a great bond, transparency and commitment. We need more Captain Picards! 🖖