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I wonder whether employees' constantly distracting themselves with the web and then the smartphone has been a big factor in keeping productivity from increasing
by hollerith 1y ago
I wonder whether employees' constantly distracting themselves with the web and then the smartphone has been a big factor in keeping productivity from increasing (thereby keeping wages from increasing).
- yoyohello13 1y agoAh yes. It’s those lazy workers that are the problem.
- hollerith 1y agoThis site asks us to be curious and to refrain from political battle.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoI am curious how much longer this is sustainable for. The facts of the torment nexus are already fairly straightforward.
- vondur 1y agoNot sure why OP’s comment was flagged I think it’s pretty accurate. The government significantly increased the money supply in the 1970s, which contributed to rising inflation. Around the same time, immigration increased, and more women entered the workforce. As a result, maintaining the lifestyle that was once achievable on a single income began to require two incomes. This increased competition for jobs and contributed to wage stagnation. Then by the late 90's after NAFTA had taken hold, hundreds of thousands of good union manufacturing jobs were lost to Mexico. It's only gotten worse since then.