Last spring, a survey found that nearly 40 percent of professionals in Canada were experiencing increasing burnout. The data from consulting firm Robert Half found the top causes that workers cited were workload, poor communication and support from management, and a toxic work environment. Consistent with data from the United States and around the world, the Canadian survey found Gen Z and millennials were most affected by burnout. But the phenomenon isn’t unique to them. It’s a broad and deep crisis — and it stretches beyond the workplace.

There are several causes of burnout, but it’s often fundamentally a problem of imbalance and a lack of control of one’s life. Being under another’s control risks stamping out autonomy and exposure to over-taxing and unreasonable working conditions and environments. Such conditions include an imbalanced workload and a lack of time off and rest. In sum, we are forced to work too hard, for too long, with limited support and time off.