Book description
In one survey, 61 percent of employees said that workplace stress had made them sick and 7 percent said they had actually been hospitalized. Job stress costs US employers more than $300 billion annually and may cause 120,000 excess deaths each year. In China, 1 million people a year mayâŠ
Why read it?
2 authors picked Dying for a Paycheck as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Most of the discussion about whether jobs are good or bad focuses on wages. The sociologists add the concern about uncertaintyâwill my job last?
What gets far less attention is the fact that the way we manage employees has a direct and profound effect on their mental health and, in turn, on their physical health.
This is a new finding and an important one. We can see a direct effect of bad management practices on employee sickness and death. As documented here, stress kills.
From Peter's list on hate your job and dread job hunting.
I really like this book because it makes the problems with the way we work today so painfully clear.
Through my research on opting out I have heard so many stories of people who just reach a point where they canât do it anymore, and Pfeffer comprehensively explains exactly why that is.
The way we work today takes a toll on our health, and although it should go without saying, companies obviously donât thrive if the people working for them are literally getting sick (or even dying). It feels refreshing to have someone spell it out and Pfeffer also offersâŠ
From Ingrid's list on to change working life as we know it.
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