Bear in mind that when something "breaks" a business can freak out, but they're not freaking out about lots of other arguably more important problems:
- The software they purchased doesn't do anything because it was never staffed or configured correctly.
- Employees as a whole lose thousands of hours a year to terrible UX or meaningless requirements.
- Some capability doesn't actually do anything, but no one cares enough to notice.
- Useless meetings which waste collective employee hours daily.
- Capability serves no purpose, but just exists to meet audit requirements.
- Executives enrich themselves and waste company money constantly.
- Etc.
Downtime doesn't seem any worse than these problems, but it gets far more attention and panic. It feels a bit like terrorism vs. heart disease. It's important not to sweat it, because a company does not care about your sleep or mental health. It will push you as far as it can. I'm not calling companies malevolent, but they're a bit like a bully in that regard: they push you as much as you yield.
- The software they purchased doesn't do anything because it was never staffed or configured correctly.
- Employees as a whole lose thousands of hours a year to terrible UX or meaningless requirements.
- Some capability doesn't actually do anything, but no one cares enough to notice.
- Useless meetings which waste collective employee hours daily.
- Capability serves no purpose, but just exists to meet audit requirements.
- Executives enrich themselves and waste company money constantly.
- Etc.
Downtime doesn't seem any worse than these problems, but it gets far more attention and panic. It feels a bit like terrorism vs. heart disease. It's important not to sweat it, because a company does not care about your sleep or mental health. It will push you as far as it can. I'm not calling companies malevolent, but they're a bit like a bully in that regard: they push you as much as you yield.