The place I work for always boasts about how we’re making millions of extra dollars each year. But raises (if any!) have not kept up with inflation. I’m able to save far less money than I could when I started in 2019 and my lifestyle hasn’t changed at all other than trying to live more frugally over time.
My workplace also keeps putting in monitoring tools that continue to get more invasive over time. The most recent addition is seeing mouse movement, clicks and scrolls, keyboard inputs and how often there are page/program changes on your screen. There’s still ways around it, but it’s annoying because it doesn’t solve the productivity/morale issues and just makes them worse lol.
It’s like…the solution is right in front of their noses. Just treat people better/not like robots
Heh, bopping them on the nose with the newspaper would be pretty sick though.
I hope the whole 4 day work week eventually takes off. That would be wonderful. A whole extra day to recharge. Amazing.
You’re probably right about it being an emotional issue. It’s probably difficult to accept that doing something like that could help produce better results.