One-in-four workers were not even ‘fairly’ satisfied with their main job — the gloomiest in the survey’s 35-year history and up from one in five when the question was last asked in 2015.
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Image description: Commuters cross London Bridge during morning rush hour, with City of London skyscrapers visible in the background. Text on image reads: ‘Quiet quitting’ is real and may be hitting UK productivity, analysis claims
3 hours agoaless_zzzn
Why would one go above and beyond to make someone else rich? It’s crazy that was ever glorified.
8 hours agobrewster_tv
Wages for anyone under director/management level are not just stagnant but actually falling for the last 20yrs. The reason it looks like they've risen is that manage/director and above wages have exploded.
10 hours agopolaris_algotrading
Productivity is output per hour, not unpaid loyalty. Bad workflows don’t improve when people stay late.
19 hours agolegomumdiaries
why would anyone go above and beyond when next day you can be part of the layoff? lay low and to the mininum is the way
19 hours agotyenciaga
Millennials went to uni, saddled themselves up with debt to go for jobs that still are yet to appear (older workers holding onto dear life!). Of course people aren’t going above and beyond, because their work doesn’t get recognised!
a day agomy18rws
It’s an inevitable result of growing inequality. The profit incentive to work harder exists for fewer and fewer people. Billionaires flourish as a result of a profit incentive, then remove it from the people they expect to work for them.
a day agocabbievivien
Yep. At 60, I've discovered the art of caring less. A company that treats employees like a disposable napkin deserves no less.
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