As the great resignation takes hold, workers across industries are sharing stories of burnout.
U.S. labor productivity rose 2.3% in the second quarter, but evidence suggests the number went up as fewer workers did more trib.al/1ap0o3I
Most employees are working more hours each week compared to pre-pandemic times, especially in health-care and other service-oriented jobs.
Here's some advice for employees who don't have the luxury of quitting their current jobs trib.al/1ap0o3I
Start by talking to your employer.
Come to the conversation armed with explanations of how better conditions such as time off or increased compensation are likely to result in increasing performance or employee retention trib.al/1ap0o3I
If employees feel that the conditions they're working under cross the line to being unsafe, they can file a complaint with their local Occupational Safety and Health Administration office.
The conditions must violate a specific standard or pose a hazard trib.al/1ap0o3I
If workers are concerned that they aren't being compensated properly for hours they've worked, they should contact a Wage and Hour Division office trib.al/1ap0o3I
There's the option to unionize for some workers.
Research shows unions have historically been the impetus for employees to receive more paid time off for holidays and vacation as well as more generous retirement benefits trib.al/1ap0o3I
Unionized workers are more satisfied at work.
As union membership has declined, worker’s pay has increased just 16% while productivity has jumped 60%. But unionizing is hard and often met with push back trib.al/1ap0o3I
Those who are overworked should reconsider if they truly have to or want to stay in their current job.
Jobs in government and finance have lower quit rates. Those industries could be more promising for those open to or able to making a career switch trib.al/1ap0o3I
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Walk around a supermarket in the U.S. or Europe, and you will see some empty shelves once more.
Supply chains are clogged at almost every stage between Asian factories and grocery stock rooms trib.al/3tWAqxD
Rising prices and patchy availability mean it’s only a matter of time before shoppers start purchasing in bulk.
Supply lines are struggling as producers, who are responsible for making everything from sneakers to coffee, are hurt by Covid restrictions trib.al/xMk1jai
➡️ Surging virus cases and consumer demand are leading to congested ports
➡️ Shipping containers are in the wrong place
➡️ Sea freight costs are up tenfold
➡️ Shortages of workers to harvest and prepare foods are adding to the pressures trib.al/xMk1jai
Eighteen months into the pandemic, we’re entering a new phase. While we have better Covid protection from vaccines and natural antibodies, we’re also returning to high risk environments like night clubs and offices.
New York is emerging as one of the world's most resilient cities in the wake of the pandemic.
Its success is more than just its size — it’s the Big Apple’s model of urbanism that offers something no other American metropolis can match trib.al/0SEiY77
New York was the first big city in the U.S. to be hit hard by Covid-19.
Immediately, people began predicting the pandemic would trigger a backlash against dense urban living. A wave of murder and violence followed the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests trib.al/0SEiY77
For some cities like San Francisco, the exodus seems real.
But more people moved to the New York City metropolitan area during the Covid pandemic than moved out, according to an analysis of cell phone data.
Young people are especially eager to move in trib.al/0SEiY77
With millions of kids going back to school in September, their movements are frequently tracked by parents.
The idea of digitally surveilling kids is a tricky one. Keen parents seem largely oblivious to the institutional concerns about the practice trib.al/h0I0qfW
.@parmy talked with about a dozen British parents sending their 11-year-olds to secondary school with phones.
About three-quarters said they would monitor their child’s movements through an app of some sort, largely for safety reasons trib.al/SOm7D7w
Various institutions aren’t fans of parents tracking their kids' phones.
Ireland’s data protection regulator says in its draft guidance that geolocation tracking should be turned off “by default for child users” trib.al/SOm7D7w
The world’s largest battery manufacturer — China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology — has officially unveiled a sodium-ion battery.
This technology could lead to widespread adoption in a market largely dependent on subsidies trib.al/vdv96sd
Sodium-ion batteries currently have a relatively lower energy density, but they run better at cooler temperatures and have a greater life span.
This makes them a better long-term investment trib.al/vdv96sd
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said it would drive the development, standardization and commercialization of sodium-ion batteries.
This would provide a cheaper, faster-charging and safe alternative to the current crop on offer trib.al/vdv96sd
Never ones to miss a chance to cry “hardship,” upper-middle-class, well-educated young Americans are getting in on the Chinese “lie flat” social protest movement, claiming they, too, are burned out and quitting their jobs to do nothing trib.al/e5rjiys
It started among Chinese factory workers burned out from grueling 12-hour, six-day work weeks, and the unrelenting pressure to climb the economic ladder.
So some Chinese millennials formed a movement to opt out of work and the pressures of society trib.al/e5rjiys
What this trend will mean for China is unclear, but Americans who choose to lay down in lieu of work may end up worse off than they think trib.al/e5rjiys