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> “feel part of something,” I feel part of many things. I feel part of my family. I feel like a pet owner. I feel part of a social group. I don't need to feel

> “feel part of something,” I feel part of many things. I feel part of my family. I feel like a pet owner. I feel part of a social group. I don't need to feel part of my work. And employees were not more engaged prior to the pandemic. People quit just as often. > but if you’re just sitting in your pajamas in your bedroom, is that the work life you want to live? Yes! I am tapping away on a keyboard to made data flow. That's my job. Better to do it in pjs in a comfy bed than a shitty office chair.

alecbz 4y ago
> And employees were not more engaged prior to the pandemic. People quit just as often. Is that actually true about the quitting? But regardless, I don't think that really captures engagement all that well. You can be barely engaged in a job that doesn't require a lot from you and do it for years and years. And OTOH, I think engagement can sometimes cause people to quit more easily. If you want your work to be a meaningful and important part of your life, you want more from your job, and might leave readily if you're not getting all that you want. Compared to: if your job is mostly just a paycheck for you, you're not really looking to get much out of it other than that paycheck, and so are happy to keep working at the job even if it's not giving you other things, as long as nothing gets too actively bad.
StrictDabbler 4y ago
> People quit just as often. People are quitting a little more often. They are doing that because offering your employees a 3%-5% raise in a year where inflation is 9.1% is cutting their pay. Employers would like to pretend that isn't true so they're looking for any other explanation. Work-from-home, low birth rate (retroactively to 1997?), social media, entitlement... 220V, 221V, whatever it takes.
- CoastalCoder 4y ago
  > 220V, 221V, whatever it takes. Thanks, the Mr. Mom reference made me smile.

alecbz 4y ago

> And employees were not more engaged prior to the pandemic. People quit just as often. Is that actually true about the quitting? But regardless, I don't think that really captures engagement all that well. You can be barely engaged in a job that doesn't require a lot from you and do it for years and years. And OTOH, I think engagement can sometimes cause people to quit more easily. If you want your work to be a meaningful and important part of your life, you want more from your job, and might leave readily if you're not getting all that you want. Compared to: if your job is mostly just a paycheck for you, you're not really looking to get much out of it other than that paycheck, and so are happy to keep working at the job even if it's not giving you other things, as long as nothing gets too actively bad.

StrictDabbler 4y ago

> People quit just as often. People are quitting a little more often. They are doing that because offering your employees a 3%-5% raise in a year where inflation is 9.1% is cutting their pay. Employers would like to pretend that isn't true so they're looking for any other explanation. Work-from-home, low birth rate (retroactively to 1997?), social media, entitlement... 220V, 221V, whatever it takes.

CoastalCoder 4y ago
> 220V, 221V, whatever it takes. Thanks, the Mr. Mom reference made me smile.