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The Silent Architect of Burnout: How "Scopeless Empire Building" Reshapes the Modern Workplace

What if your burnout wasn’t personal — but structural?
For years, companies rewarded managers for building empires, not clarity. Teams expanded without purpose. Roles blurred. Meetings multiplied. Anxiety became normalized.

Now the economic tide is turning. The era that subsidized chaos is ending. The relief doesn’t come from managers changing — it comes from recognizing that the confusion you endured was never proof of your inadequacy. It was the byproduct of a system that could finally no longer afford itself.

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