A post by a 26‑year‑old Amazon analyst on professional networking platform Grapevine has triggered a wide discussion around career growth, burnout, and the invisible pressures that come with higher pay, after the employee said tripling their salary had made life feel “worse”, not better.

In the post, the analyst wrote that despite earning more than anticipated and switching jobs to accelerate growth, the demands of work and family responsibilities had left him feeling “completely trapped”.