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Clickbait. The article claims a stressful job will shorten your life, but the data[1] shows that "high job demands" have almost no impact on longevity, and tha
by paulsutter 11y ago
Clickbait.
The article claims a stressful job will shorten your life, but the data[1] shows that "high job demands" have almost no impact on longevity, and that "unemployment and layoffs, and a lack of health insurance were the factors that exerted the biggest influence"
[1] https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2015/10/life-inequality.jpg&w=1484 https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://...
- arethuza 11y agoA job could be low on the "job demands" and still create a lot of stress through not providing healthcare, shift-work, difficult commutes etc.
- mcguire 11y agoI suspect that, if you don't have healthcare, job stress is not the top problem.
- collyw 11y agoI left one job recently to join a startup, the founder was an arse, hadn't payed us three weeks into the second month us so most of the dev team kicked up a stink and got fired. I am the most relaxed I have been in ages. My girlfriend commented that she noticed too. (I guess its different being in a situation where I don't expect it to take too much effort to find something new, compared to someone looking for low skilled work).
- reagency 11y agoWaPo has descended deep into clickbait headlines. I can't remember the last time HN hosted a legitimate headline from WaPo.