Even the most successful tech careers contain unwelcome moments or transitions, when a person must decide: should I stay in this role, or is it time to make a move? At Not Working in Tech, we believe personalized support can help tech workers successfully manage crisis moments — and emerge happier and healthier. Here are 7 career moments when you can benefit from the support of a tech career coach.

Many employees who wouldn’t hesitate to take time off for a physical illness still feel apprehensive about caring for their mental health. At Not Working in Tech, we know that stepping away from work can be pivotal in recovering from burnout and related health issues like anxiety and depression.

Burnout may be real, but so is burnout recovery. Not Working in Tech is committed to helping tech workers connect with the resources they need to banish burnout. Here’s what you should know about burnout and how to recover from it. 

Feel like your tech job is a daily minefield of shifting goals, gaslighting, and "always-on" guilt? You’re not crazy, and it’s not just you. Discover the hidden red flags of a toxic tech workplace—and learn when it’s finally time to step back or get out.

Reorganizations are meant to improve efficiencies, but can introduce substantial disruption to people and teams. You’re feeling good about an upcoming project, a breakthrough with your boss, or your team finally getting into a flow. Then you get the email, or you’re called in for an “all hands” — they’re announcing a “reorg.”

One day, all the work you’ve put in will pay off — just not yet. This myth is at the heart of what corporate tech employees hear, breathe, and live daily as they work in the most innovative and cutting-edge workplaces in the world. For many, it’s both a lie and a promise that will never come true, and instead will lead them down a path toward burnout, exhaustion, mental health challenges, physical symptoms, and a stifled joy for the career they once loved.

What’s it like being neurodivergent in corporate America? It’s leaving a meeting thinking you’re in agreement with your coworkers about next steps, only to learn that you misunderstood the assignment AFTER you complete your portion of the work. It’s feeling the rising pride of accomplishment, looking outward for approval, only to be crushed with criticism, your achievements twisted into blemishes.

Realizing you’re being performance managed is one of the scariest (legal) things that can happen to you in an at-will job. You’re doing your best in a chaotic environment, focusing on your goals, making sure you tie up loose ends and communicate what you’re doing with your team and manager, yet, something goes awry.