The exhaustion mechanic is either broken for me or ridiculous. I went at least 5 days of just resting and it still said I was too exhausted to work. That's just way too much.
It's very strange that you were unlucky five days in a row, but actually this mechanic works as follows. Each time you rest, the chance of getting tired decreases. If you've rested for five days in a row, then on the fifth day your chance of being tired should be just a bit over 2 percent.