Great Resignation (Big Quit) 2021-2022

[greg]

You know what's funny is the dynamic of global elites blaming the average person for contributing to climate change, yet we are being forced to go into office against our will, polluting the environment in the process by driving every day instead of staying at home. Any spokesperson out there being against back in office for this reason? I bet not. Also the irony of Elon making environmental-friendly cars while requiring people that don't need to be in office, to contribute pollution every day to go into office lol.


Remember, everything is the fault of the lower and middle class, everything. Rich people have zero accountability or responsibility for anything.

[Karl Henning]

You know what's funny is the dynamic of global elites blaming the average person for contributing to climate change, yet we are being forced to go into office against our will, polluting the environment in the process by driving every day instead of staying at home. Any spokesperson out there being against back in office for this reason? I bet not. Also the irony of Elon making environmental-friendly cars while requiring people that don't need to be in office, to contribute pollution every day to go into office lol.

Good points!

[Karl Henning]

Well, more musk:

Elon Musk is about to collect a $23 BILLION bonus as Tesla cuts 10% of its staff.

He's taking home more than 340,000x the median U.S. household income as a BONUS, while putting hundreds of workers out of a job.

[Karl Henning]

It's official: Fridays in the office are over

Employers are still divided on how to deal with this new reality, where just 30 percent of office workers swipe in on the last day of the workweek

[DavidW]

It's official: Fridays in the office are over

Employers are still divided on how to deal with this new reality, where just 30 percent of office workers swipe in on the last day of the workweek

Link for those interested

[DavidW]

I can't read it because it is behind a paywall.  Is this about the three day weekend or is this about working remotely on Fridays?

[Brian]

Working remotely - it's about how, when given the option, nobody goes to the office on Fridays. I am embodying that right this minute, actually, having done a bunch of work on my couch this morning* and now waiting at a bar to interview the owner for an article.

*Listening log: Glazunov 8 (Serebrier, first time hearing the piece) and Prokofiev Nevsky (Previn/LSO)

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

It's official: Fridays in the office are over

Employers are still divided on how to deal with this new reality, where just 30 percent of office workers swipe in on the last day of the workweek

Good development. We work in order to live, not the other way around.
Philosopher, Bertrand Russell famously advocated working 3 days a week.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/29/More_Praise_for_Idleness

[Karl Henning]

Good development. We work in order to live, not the other way around.
Philosopher, Bertrand Russell famously advocated working 3 days a week.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/29/More_Praise_for_Idleness

Indeed.

[Spotted Horses]

Everyone's circumstances are different. A five day workweek is bad. A four day workweek is worse. I can't even contemplate a three day work week. My ideal would be a seven day work week.

[Karl Henning]

Everyone's circumstances are different. A five day workweek is bad. A four day workweek is worse. I can't even contemplate a three day work week. My ideal would be a seven day work week.

Very true. At the job I've retired from, a four-day workweek always meant five days' worth of work, and only four days to get it done.


When I supplemented my full-time job with part-time work at the Museum gift store, I worked seven-day weeks oftener than I liked) and I found them hellish.

[greg]

It's official: Fridays in the office are over

Employers are still divided on how to deal with this new reality, where just 30 percent of office workers swipe in on the last day of the workweek

Hmm wondering why Fridays have been so empty at my office... if this becomes a big trend and expected (that people WFH on Friday), then that'd be great.
Tbh have thought about it more, probably the ideal would be like 2-3 days in office a week (rather than 0)- although more expensive, the change of scenery, easy access to different food, and ability to talk with coworkers in person, is quite nice.
(but still, between all-WFH vs. all-in office, all-WFH is the best option)

[Karl Henning]

How a four-day workweek could be better for the climate

Reducing the workweek to four days could have a climate benefit, advocates say. In addition to improving the well-being of workers, they say slashing working hours may reduce carbon emissions.

It's what you might call a "potential triple-dividend policy, so something that can benefit the economy, society and also the environment," said Joe O'Connor, chief executive of the nonprofit group 4 Day Week Global. "There are not many policy interventions that are available to us that could potentially have the kind of transformative impact that reduced work time could have."

[Brian]

I imagine the idea for that came from the pandemic's positive effect on climate when people stopped driving to work, concerts, events, etc.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Fortune: Great Resignation shows no signs of slowing down: 40% of U.S. workers are considering quitting their jobs.

https://fortune.com/2022/07/21/great-resignation-40-percent-want-to-quit-where-are-they-going/

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

How Quitting a Job Changed My Work-Life Balance. NY Times asked people who quit their jobs during the "Great Resignation" how it changed how they approach work.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/style/quitting-work-life-balance-career.html

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

BBC: Why workers just won't stop quitting.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220817-why-workers-just-wont-stop-quitting

[staxomega]

I've been fortunate enough to be able to cut back to 3 or sometimes 4 days a week. My field saw some Medicare cutbacks a couple of years ago and it just becomes even less worth it to live to work. Many others from my generation are starting to see this as well. Aside from an increasing number of practices no longer accepting Medicare or Medicaid. My prediction is in another 10-15 years it will start to look like Canada with some of the waits for non emergencies.

It's been a long time coming, ironically mental well being might have been something we preached for others but not seen fit to take care of ourselves.

I had a wide eyed moment as an MS3 on a CCU rotation, one of the nicest trainees I'd ever rotated with (interventional cardiology fellow) was getting excited about being able to leave the hospital at 6 pm due to the number of simultaneous discharges we'd had and catch the second half of something from one of his young kids (play I am guessing?) as he usually missed them.

[Karl Henning]

BBC: Why workers just won't stop quitting.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220817-why-workers-just-wont-stop-quitting

A good read.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I've been fortunate enough to be able to cut back to 3 or sometimes 4 days a week. My field saw some Medicare cutbacks a couple of years ago and it just becomes even less worth it to live to work. Many others from my generation are starting to see this as well. Aside from an increasing number of practices no longer accepting Medicare or Medicaid. My prediction is in another 10-15 years it will start to look like Canada with some of the waits for non emergencies.

It's been a long time coming, ironically mental well being might have been something we preached for others but not seen fit to take care of ourselves.

I had a wide eyed moment as an MS3 on a CCU rotation, one of the nicest trainees I'd ever rotated with (interventional cardiology fellow) was getting excited about being able to leave the hospital at 6 pm due to the number of simultaneous discharges we'd had and catch the second half of something from one of his young kids (play I am guessing?) as he usually missed them.

I'm curious as to what your seeing/hearing re not enough general practitioners.  From what I've heard, there are not enough people following that route these days; also, general shortages in terms of nurses and other medical workers.

PD