Ed Zitron has a lot to say on the subject, and I don’t know that I agree with all of it, but I do believe the challenge that many of us are facing when it comes to remote work is this. “The issue at its core is that bosses hiring people “full-time” often do so,…
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– Craig makes a compelling case, but when it comes to Google, we were all burned by Reader, Notebook, etc. I dunno….
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Whether you want to talk about social media posts about “always grinding”, the never-ending side-hustle, etc. even in the midst of a global pandemic and the acknowledgement of the mental health issues tied to overwork, we still brag about how much we overwork. In the workplace, we talk a good game about employee wellness, and work-life balance, but who wins all the accolades at the end of each project, or quarter? The folks who put in the “extra effort”. (aka “hours”)
It’s as if we never really left that early Protestant environment, and it’s the same reason why so many people who have been successful have such a hard time accepting that things have changed. We still hang on to the belief that says good people work hard, and that hard work leads to success. Bad people don’t work hard, and this is why they don’t have success.
The headline from this Time article lays it out pretty simply:
The Pandemic Revealed How Much We Hate Our Jobs.
I wonder if all of the talk about laziness, unemployment benefits, toxic workplaces, etc. really all comes down to this. There are a significant number of people in this world working in jobs they simply don’t like. Or, to look at it another way, there are a significant number of jobs that give us no reason to not hate them.
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– Maybe it turns out when you actually make someone think about privacy, they like the idea?
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– “It’s not uncommon for the corporate teams I work with to report high rates of burnout while also earning top scores in organizational engagement surveys.”
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– Or anyone else for that matter.
Sometimes, things happen. Circumstances change, what we want from our careers changes, and what the current employer can offer us changes. There’s no shame in it, and there shouldn’t be any hard, or awkward feelings about it.
I’d love to see companies get on board with that, but that’s going to require we see our people as people first, and labor inputs second. I’m not so sure some managers are capable of that.