{"doi":"10.1055/s-014-58906","title":"Untitled","abstract":"One of the aspects I am enjoying the most of my current period of secondment at an EU Agency is that holidays are real holidays, weekends are just for myself, and out-ofoffice time is truly hassle-free, whereas in academia most of the times holidays are just extra working days -free from heavy teaching loads, administrative responsibilities, and the mentorship of students -that we can dedicate to grants & article writing or catching up with the literature.It is well known that the pressure to publish, secure research grants, and excel in teaching often result in an overwhelming workload for academics.All those endless working hours are generally seen as necessary evil in a profession that remains highly fascinating and attractive to many.The problem is that juggling the di verse roles academics are tasked to take on can leave little room for personal and professional development, not to mention the lack of holidays and quality time to spend with family and friends, eventually fostering a sense of burnout and exhaustion which is all but uncommon among academics.Even though academics are well aware of the issues above, I am not sure we really appreciate the seriousness of the situation until we get a proper break, and I can now confirm from personal experience that the difference between an academic and a non-academic job is massive, especially in terms of enjoying a real break or actually being able to stop thinking about work outside working hours.Re-evaluating institutional expectations, fostering a culture of work-life balance, and providing adequate support for faculty members are among the urgent necessary measures that need to be put in place to safeguard the academic profession.Acknowledging the challenges posed by an excessive workload is crucially important for addressing a more sustainable and fulfilling academic environment, lowering the risk of losing talent in favour of alternative, and often better remunerated, non-academic jobs.","journal":"Synfacts","year":2024,"id":493301,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9543,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2024-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:09:00.148120Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}