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> This only makes sense if overall stress, specifically workplace stress, is going up over time. My general impression is that workplaces today are more pleasan
by jackpirate 8y ago
> This only makes sense if overall stress, specifically workplace stress, is going up over time. My general impression is that workplaces today are more pleasant than they have ever been. Managers realized non-monetary benefits are cheaper and often times more effective than purely monetary benefits. This means flexible working hours, ability to work remotely and overall workplace environment.
This comment strikes me as possibly true in the tech/startup world, but definitely not true in the vast majority of jobs that people work at like retail/restaurants/other service. While these jobs have existed for forever, I could see them being more stressful these days as competition has forced managers to be more cutthroat with hours and benefits offered, and especially in the bay area where workers can't even afford to live near where they work and must commute an hour to wait tables.
- bko 8y agoI disagree although I have no evidence. But the fixed cost of actually finding an employee and training them is very large compared to the hourly rate of a low paid employee. There isn't an endless stream of workers ready to seamlessly fill a role. How much does it cost to take out an ad or pay a recruiter, spend time interviewing, background check and onboard?
- jriot 8y agoYou would be wrong in your assumption. A project I worked on for a client (data scientist working on labor market issues) wanted to know when he would run out of candidates in the labor pool as he had a high turnover in 120 zip-codes. Out of them only 30 would have a dried up labor pool in 15 years. The rest could go on forever. Why? You forget to count the people aging, the 15 year old who isn't in the labor pool now, will be in a few years.