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Declining Productivity of the American Workers

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  • AxtremusA Away
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    Axtremus
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    https://www.npr.org/2022/10/07/1126967875/quiet-quitting-productivity-workers-ennui-working-jobs

    …
    Productivity is down 4.1% on an annualized basis, the biggest decline since the government started keeping track of the number back in 1948. Since then, U.S. productivity had been on a steady upward slope. Until now.

    Pollak said there are likely a number of factors contributing to the drop in productivity, but she believes burnout, frustration and, yes, ennui are part of it. And if this continues, the consequences could be very serious.
    …

    The article profiles a young worker’s epiphany that hard work and loyalty to the employer just ain’t that rewarding anymore.

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      Klaus
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      Ennui? Lolwut!?

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        Jolly
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        Ok, boomer.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • AxtremusA Axtremus

          https://www.npr.org/2022/10/07/1126967875/quiet-quitting-productivity-workers-ennui-working-jobs

          …
          Productivity is down 4.1% on an annualized basis, the biggest decline since the government started keeping track of the number back in 1948. Since then, U.S. productivity had been on a steady upward slope. Until now.

          Pollak said there are likely a number of factors contributing to the drop in productivity, but she believes burnout, frustration and, yes, ennui are part of it. And if this continues, the consequences could be very serious.
          …

          The article profiles a young worker’s epiphany that hard work and loyalty to the employer just ain’t that rewarding anymore.

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          @Axtremus said in Declining Productivity of the American Workers:

          The article profiles a young worker’s epiphany that hard work ... just ain’t that rewarding anymore.

          That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

          Please love yourself.

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            Stick around. 😁

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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