After a startup laid her off, Maffey took a chance on her first corporate role, which she began this month. Now, despite what others had warned her, she said her mental health has never been better.I began my startup career right out of college and have ranged from the ninth hire to the 30th.
Companies have typically hired me to create the marketing team by building it from the ground up. That's where a lot of the chaos comes from. That's why burnout at such a young age is so dangerous: You start thinking that overworking and constantly stressing about your job is normal — just how you operate. That makes it difficult to set necessary boundaries.
Now, thanks to conversations on social media and elsewhere, millennials like me are rethinking what work and life could look like.